Welcome To Prague Autumn 2015 by Helvetica & Tempora

Autumn 2015

WELCOMETO Prague & the Czech Republic Guidebook

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City Gallery Prague: Pandora’s Vox; Milota Havránková 20–21 National Gallery: Artists and Prophets; Nicolas Poussin; Sense of Art; No Borders 22–23 National Theatre: Ohad Naharin: decadance; Norma; The Nightingale/Iolanata 24 Laterna magika 25 Wine and Viticulture in Prague 26–29 Some Best Buys 30 Sweet Moments with a Chocolate Fairy 31–33 Glass Inspiration for your Senses 34

CzechTourism – Events Calendar 8–10 Prague Castle Information 48–49 10x Briefly about Prague 50 Tourist Information Centres; Prague Sight-seeing Tours; Excursions; Guides; Public Holidays 59

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Entertainment Health Care Tram, Taxi, Bus, Train Car Break-down?, Rent-a-Car Airplaine Accommodation and Travel Agencies Good Food, Good Drink

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Cultural and Sport Events Advance Booking, Theatres Museums Concert Halls Prague Cultural Events Program Galleries and Exhibitions

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DISCOVER THE BEAUTY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC One-day Trips The Terezín Memorial Kutná Hora – a UNESCO family member for 20 years! Pilsen, Open Up! Experience Brno, the Moravian Capital Moravian Autumn – International music festival Karlovy Vary Region, known and unknown Františkovy Lázně Spa Jan Becher Museum UNESCO Czech Heritage

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Prague Towers 12 Langweil’s Model of Prague; Ctěnice Chateau 14 Tiziano Vanitas 15 Rudolf Firkušný Piano Festival 16–17 My Homeland: Czech Landscape Painting 18–19

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Prague Castle How to reach Prague Castle; Promenade at Prague Castle City Map Subway and Tram Routes Scheme

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WELCOME TO PRAGUE AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC Tourist guide-book issued quarterly in German and English. Published by TRIANGL Edition • Editors: Alena Helclová, Daniela Krištůfková. Photos: CzechTourism, Josef Kaliba, Milan Šusta, Zdeněk Thoma and Archives. Painting: Josef Kaliba. Layout: Kateřina Vlčková. © Triangl Edition. Translation: Aleš Dočkal, Max Bahnsson. Printed by: fronte, s. r. o., Sezemice. • © Triangl Edition All rights reserved. No part of this magazine may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher. The publisher is not responsible for the content of the texts supplied by the advertisers. The date of issue: 28. 8. 2015, IČO: 257 28 601, INDEX ISSN 47 745MK ČR E 13231 The date of next issue: 28. 11. 2015

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Dear visitors! I would like you to accept my invitation to Pilsen, a city that is representing the Czech Republic as the European Capital of Culture, this year. Pilsen, the metropolis of West Bohemia, is mostly known as the home of one of the world’s most famous beers, Pilsner Urquell, the original Pilsner Lager. Proof of this are the hundreds of thousands of visitors from all over the world who come every year to the city for the brewery tours. However, Pilsen is also a town with a long and famous history, which will be obvious just after your first walk through the historical centre, where you will see the imposing Gothic Cathedral of St. Bartholomew, the fourth largest synagogue in the world, or the gorgeous Renaissance building of the City Hall. The preserved interiors of eight houses designed by the world-famous architect Adolf Loos are evidence of the advanced cultural level of their times. Three of them offer guided tours for the public.

of metal sculptures, are also not to be missed. The year-long program of Pilsen – European Capital of Culture 2015 includes more than 600 events of music, theatre, film, exhibitions, workshops, parties, sports competitions and acrobatic performances of new circus.

Its extraordinarily rich cultural tradition was one of the reasons why Pilsen ran for the title European Capital of Culture 2015, which it was awarde thanks to the quality of its projects. The location of Pilsen also played its role – in the very heart of Europe, at the intersection of busy roads and railway lines, not even an hour away by car from Prague or the German border.

The last third of the year will also have a rich cultural program. I would like to invite you to the Theatre – international festival or the Jazz Without Frontiers Festival, where leading jazz musicians from all over the world will perform. And don’t miss Pilsner Fest, the annual celebration of the birth of the famous Pilsner Urquell, at the beginning of October, while an extensive exhibition at the Gallery of West Bohemia will remind us of baroque art in the region. The Pilsen – European Capital of Culture 2015 project will close during the Pilsner Advent and its unique atmosphere, one of the most magical experiences in the city.

In the last decade, its formerly neglected appearance of an industrial town has changed significantly for the better, and Pilsen is now one of the most attractive cities in the Czech Republic. Visitors appreciate the beautifully restored historical centre and the green belt of parks that surround it. The investments in cultural infrastructure are also evident – the original architecture of the New Theatre or the attractive industrial facilities DEPO 2015, which host domestic and foreign artists, and interesting exhibitions. The exhibition of contemporary design DOMUS or Restart, and an exhibition

Mgr. Martin Baxa First Deputy Mayor of the City of Pilsen

TIPSFORTRIPS Autumn Porcelain Festival Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad), 3 – 6 September 2015 Traditional Czech porcelain manufactured by world-famous companies will be again exhibited in the capital of the WestBohemian spa region. You can look forward to unique products of Czech manufactures like Thun 1794, Moser glassworks, and JM Lesov Studio, as well as a rich accompanying program for children and adults, live music, and the “Little Porcelain School”. In the elegant rooms of Grand Hotel Pupp, you will see the popular exhibition of dressed tables with Czech porcelain. Together with the Carlsbad Folklore Festival, the Autumn Porcelain Festival is traditionally accompanied with performances of dance ensembles from all over the world.

Unique Fashion Week

Prague, 21 – 27 September 2015

This week-long festival for all fashion lovers is an integral part of the Prague autumn calendar. The fifth edition of the festival brings to Prague leading fashion designers and new talented designers from all over the world. You can also look forward to a traditional competition for young Czech designers known as the Black Card 2015, which allows the freshmen on the fashion scene to invade the circles of the best ones. The partner of the Unique Fashion Week in 2015 is once again top model Petra Němcová, the Haitian Honorary Ambassador of Honor, and the Happy Hearts Foundation founder.

Tourfilm International Tourist Films Festival Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad), 1 – 3 October 2015 The oldest international tourist film festival takes place in Karlovy Vary for the 48th time. The jury will choose the best Czech and foreign films that promote the development of the tourist industry. The festival, open to public for free, includes an annual national cine-view named Tour Region Film, and the Tourmap international cartographic exhibition. Together with the projections, the rooms of the Thermal Hotel and Grandh Hotel Pupp have prepared several lectures and meetings with travelers. The main topic of this year is the Easter Island, bringing an interesting accompanying program.

Karlovice Gastrofestival Velké Karlovice, 2 – 4 October 2015 One of the most popular food festivals takes place for the seventh time in Velké Karlovice, on the Czech-Slovak border. The good food and beverage festival includes an international farmers’ market with Hungarian, Slovak, and Italian vendors, crafts, folklore and musical performances, and events for children, as well as the competition for the best Valachian “frgal” cake, © CzechTourism and gala dinners with Michelin awarded chefs. This events feature almost one hundred teams and individuals every year, takes place in a 3,5 km long valley, and admission is free of charge.

Pilsner Fest 2015 Pilsen, 3 October 2015 Celebrate the anniversary of the first batch of the Pilsner Urquell pale lager. The Pilsner brewery complex livens up on 3 October with a celebration of the 173rd birthday of the local beer that became a liquid legend. The organizers have prepared performances of popular national and regional bands, special tours of the brewery and tasting of unfiltered and unpasteurised lager. This year’s beer festival program is part of the Pilsen – European Capital of Culture 2015 project. (See p. 96–99)

SIGNAL Festival Prague, 15 – 18 October 2015 The magic capital of the Czech Republic will beam after dark for four days in October. The Signal Festival will present, for the third time, a combination of modern techniques, unique ideas and public space. The facades of important Prague buildings will be turned into projection screens displaying special stories of video-mapping produced by Czech and foreign artists. In the streets you will have the chance to encounter, touch and even influence light installations, witnessing the metamorphosis of Prague into a beaming gallery of light art with free admission.

International Outdoor Films Festival Various locations throughout the Czech Republic 9 October – 12 December 2015 In the 12 years of its existence, this traveling festival and show of outdoor films has become the biggest of its kind in the Czech Republic and the world. Last year, the festival traveled through 43 Czech and Slovak towns, and also visited Russia for the first time. The festival focuses on outdoor life and sports, adventure, extreme, adrenaline and travel films in four categories, with the participation of leading world film-makers, directors, and producers.

City Cross Run Prague 2015

Prague, 18 October 2015

The City Cross Run Prague is not just another mass race, but the second edition of a unique, 16km long track through urban terrain. The route goes through the most beautiful Prague locations: Petřín Hill, the Prague Castle complex with the Stag Moat, to the parks Letná and Stromovka, the Prague Botanical Garden, all the way to the St. Clara vineyard. You can enjoy the Prague autumn colors, a micro food festival, and a program for children at the finish area. You can choose one of several categories that include elite runners, individuals, and relay race.

Český Krumlov Wine Festival

Český Krumlov 6 – 28 November 2015 Wine festivals are inseparable from the autumn season in the Czech Republic. Český Krumlov, a pearl on the UNESCO World Heritage List, welcomes the first wines of this year with a grandiose festival. The grand opening includes vine planting and a gala evening. On St. Martin’s day you will have the chance to taste the fresh and fruity flavors of the St. Martin Wine and a special menu that includes the St. Martin goose. The highlight of the program is the Chateau Wine Festival, where visitors can taste more than 100 wines supplied by both domestic and European producers. The program also includes lectures, discussions and meetings with experts.

Austerlitz 2015 – the 210th Anniversary of the Battle of Austerlitz Slavkov u Brna (Austerlitz), 4 – 6 December 2015 Austerlitz 2015 is a traditional commemorative event dedicated to the history of Napoleon in Central Europe that takes place annually on the Austerlitz battlefield. The highlight of the program will be the Saturday recreation of the battle under the Santon Hill, featuring 2000 soldiers in French, Austrian Russian uniforms of the period, 120 horses, and 20 guns. On Sunday, an act of reverence will take place at the Peace Memorial, the place of the heaviest fighting of the Battle of the Three Emperors. The program also includes other events during the week before the main event in Brno © David Marvan, CzechTourism and at other locations.

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THE POET OF THE IMAGE AND THE SHADE OF BEAUTY

Prague Castle, Imperial Stables Open daily 10 A.M. – 6 P.M.

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RUDOLF FIRKUŠNÝ Rudolf Firkušný PianoFESTIVAL Festival 30 October – 7 November 2015 Prague, Rudolfinum – Dvořák Hall www.firkusny.cz

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(1912–1994) was one of the world’s most important pianists of the 20th century. His first musical steps were guided by Leoš Janáček, Vilém Kurz, and Josef Suk. He launched his brilliant career with a concert in New York in 1941, when he was publicly supported by the greatest pianists of his time: Rudolf Serkin, Arthur Rubinstein, and Vladimir Horowitz. In 2015, the piano festival bearing his name is entering its third season. It has already presented a triumphal appearance by the Berlin Philharmonic with Sir Simon Rattle and the pianist Ivo Kahánek, and recitals by Emanuel Ax, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Lukáš Vondráček, Giovanni Bellucci, Lise de la Salle, and other wonderful pianists from around the world. The festival has proven that four evenings focusing exclusively on piano music within a single week can offer a truly exceptional demonstration of unique approaches to interpretation, differences of temperament, and diverse ways of playing. So don’t hesitate to take advantage of the special 25% discount on admission prices when you buy tickets to all four festival concerts. Opening the 2015 Rudolf Firkušný Piano Festival will be Firkušný’s pupil, and Grammy Award winner and Avery Fisher Prize laureate, the pianist Yefim Bronfman. “Rudolf Firkušný was a great pianist and musician. It is a great honor for me to be invited to perform on a series in his name.” More information and tickets on line are available at

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MY HOMELAND My Homeland – A Tribute

to Czech Landscape Painting

4 September – 1 November 2015 Prague Castle Riding School Mánes Union’s Diamant Gallery in Lazarská st., Prague Organised by the Prague Castle Administration and the Mánes Union of Fine Arts

Jan Zrzavý (1890–1977), Lipnice

Otakar Nejedlý (1883–1957), Harvest Season Evenfall

Otakar Lebeda (1877–1901), Malý Dubovec Lake

Václav Rabas (1885–1954), Czech Country Before the Grand Metamorphosis

This is the first time in over than 30 years that an exhibition of this scope has been held in Prague. It presents the most beautiful works of the most important Czech landscape painters, both from private and public collections, created from the 19th century to the present day. The landscape atelier existed in the Academy of Visual Arts in Prague already in 1806, and hundreds of artists have devoted themselves to landscape painting throughout those two centuries. The organisers have chosen the most essential and valuable of them in order to emphasize the legacy of great Czech artists. The exhibition is conceptually divided in 13 sections, each representing a cross-section of a certain period. From the ideal landscapes of classicism and romanticism, and the advent of realism, through the golden age of landscape painting of realism and impressionism, around 1900, with the authors of the most beautiful landscape paintings of all. The section the “Landscape of the Soul”, takes the observer to the dreamy fairytale landscapes of symbolism and Art Nouveau, while others will present members of the Mánes Union, which for more than half a century set the course for growth in Czech arts. At the same time, several distinctive movements developed, particularly expressionism. Unseen landscapes begin to show up in Prague. Their authors were Filla, Beneš, Nowak, Kubín, etc. Another section will show the distinctives solitaires of the Tvrdošíjní group (Špála, Zrzavý, Kremlička, Čapek). The “Magic of Dreams” will be represented by the imaginative and surrealistic landscapes of Šíma, Toyen, Štyrský. And also civilism and cityscape, finishing with the pictures of the movements that were coming after WWII and contemporary painters. The installation at the Prague Castle Riding School features over 550 pictures and 80 drawings and over 120 works are on display at the Diamant Gallery.

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CITY GALLERY City Gallery Prague PRAGUE Václav Cigler / Here and Now

private collections. The exhibition held in Troja Château is designed with regard to the architecture of this significant Baroque site, and it directly responds to the character of its individual rooms.

5 May – 1 November 2015 Troja Château U Trojského zámku 4/1, Prague 7 Opening hours: Tue−Sun 10 am–6 pm Fri 1 pm−6 pm

Glass objects, realization: Jan Frydrych The interiors and exteriors of Troja Château will be the stage for the works of a renown artist, who, in many ways, goes beyond the boundaries of glass art; addressing a number of environmental and architectural problems. Cigler is a pioneer in the introduction of optical glass from the technical and science worlds into the world of art. The lightning-kinetic moment becomes a permanent part of a wide range of his works, whether it is conveyed in glass, polished metal, the surface of water, or all that media combined. His works are part of many prominent public and

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From Makeshift to Fad: Artistic Cast Ironwork from the Collections of the City of Prague Museum how artistic cast iron penetrated into many areas of the lives of our ancestors.

5 May – 11 November 2015 The exhibition is organised by the Prague City Gallery in collaboration with the City of Prague Museum Troja Château U Trojského zámku 4/1, Prague 7 Open: Tue–Sun 10 am–6 pm, Fri 1 pm–6 am

Watchstand featuring the motif of trophies

This exhibition from the collection of the City of Prague Museum, “From Makeshift to Fad”, at Troja Château, presents cast ironwork, whose “lives” are linked to Prague, but come from different Czech foundries, which, in the mid 19th century, were almost 50. The period when cast ironwork begun to be used large scale started at the end of the 18th century, reaching the artistic peak of the industry in the 1830s. Most of the exhibition is, in fact, dedicated to that period, where cast ironwork became first a necessity and later a very popular material; with foundries introducing modern technologies and working together with leading artists. The castings of this period are characterised by their high technical and artist quality. Medals, jewellery of filigree delicacy, inkwells and candlesticks that followed the Empire fashion, genre animal figurines and many other items that represent

Pandora’s Vox/Veronika Holcová, Klara Kristalova, Sandra Vásquez de la Horra 15 July – 1 November 2015 Colloredo-Mansfeld Palace Karlova 2, Prague 1 Opening hours: Tue–Sun 10 am–6 pm An exhibition deriving its title from the name of the Greek mythological figure presents works by Czech artist Veronika Holcová, Klara Kristalova (Sweden), and Sandra Vásquez de la Horra (Germany). Though they draw on different cultural backgrounds and life experiences, their artistic idioms feature certain similarities of existential nature. Sandra Vásquez de la Horra (b. 1967) spent her early youth in Chile, and has sought and found a major source of creative inspiration, apart from her own authentic life story, in the world of Latin American legends and in European literature. The aesthetic of her quasi-naive figurative drawings, coupled with her copious use of lettering, harks back to the tradition of acknowledging an affinity with folk culture.

Veronika Holcová: Lilith – gravity also draws a good deal of inspiration from literature, most notably from the writings of the Danish author, Hans Christian Andersen. Veronika Holcová (b. 1973) avowedly embraces in her work the legacy of the Czech Surrealist movement, Romantism, and Symbolism. Her output oscillates between two opposite poles: figurative works on paper and paintings of boundless dream landscapes. There, she treats her iconic character, Lilith, with a slightly ironic sense of detachment.

Klara Kristalova (b. 1967), an artist of Czech extraction, has spent her whole life in Sweden. Her ceramic sculptures with coloured glaze surfaces concentrate, content-wise, on the traumas experienced by the individual on the cusp of adulthood. Kristalova

Milota Havránková: Milota 2 October 2015 – 17January 2016 The Stone Bell House Staroměstské náměstí 13, Prague 1 Opening hours: Tue–Sun 10 am–8 pm This retrospective exhibition is held to celebrate the jubilee of this representative of the Czech and Slovak art scenes, a photographer and multi-media artist. During her teaching career in Bratislava, Havránková influenced a whole generation of Czechoslovak photographers, who would later make history as the “Slovak New Wave”. Her work, thanks to her interMouth ests in photographic experiments, the choice of themes and the way they are visually realised, differs from the mainstream of Slovak photography and sets it apart from the way this art is classically understood – a black and white document or a photographic concept. The exhibited works represent a continuous experiment with the photographic medium, which is constantly changing.

NATIONAL GALLERY PRAGUE National Gallery in Prague Artists and Prophets – the Mysterious Path Toward Modernism: 1872–1972

exhibition to this phenomenon, presenting about 300 works by artists like Egon Schiele, František Kupka, Johannes Baader, Heinrich Vogeler, Joseph Beuys, Jörg Immendorff, and Friedensreich Hudertwasser. The exhibition discovers not only mutually coinciding effects, but draws unexpected links, placing the “prophets” and the artistic avant-garde into farreaching social and historical relationships.

In cooperation with the Schirm Kunsthalle Frankfurt 21 July – 25 October 2015 Veletržní Palace Egon Schiele perceived himself as a visionary and prophet artist, František Kupka created one of the main development lines of abstract painting refined with spiritual energy, Joseph Beuys sparked a revolution called “social sculpture”, while Friedensreich Hudertwasser was a protector of the environment whose spiral pictures were basically holistic. These basic artistic attitudes would had never originated without ties with the “barefooted prophets”. Their significance for modern arts have remained an unfinished story in substantial features. Their names – Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach, Gusto Gräser, Gustav Nagel, Friedrich Muck-Lamberty, and Ludwig Christian Haeusser have been almost forgotten, even though they enjoyed a great deal of popularity during their lives. They were recognized by artists and intellectuals, although not quite openly in many cases. The Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt am Mein, Germany, in cooperation with the National Gallery in Prague, has dedicated a grand

František Kupka: The way of silence II, 1900–1903, Mixed media, pastels on canvas

The Admired Nicolas Poussin. His Work in three Centuries of Graphic Art Paul Cézanne, the cubists and other modern artists. The fascination with Poussin’s oeuvre and personality is corroborated by hundreds of prints created through 17th to 19th centuries.

28 July – 18 October 2015 Schwarzenberg Palace The exhibition commemorates Nicolas Poussin (1694 –1665), one of the most important Baroque painters, who died 350 years ago. Poussin was born in Normandy; after initial training in there, he improved his art in Paris, but his work did not achieve its characteristic style until after his relocation to Italy, in 1623. Poussin obstinately blazed his own artistic trail, diverging from the exalted Baroque style that prevailed in Rome at that time. He pioneered rationally based Baroque classicism using models from Antiquity and Renaissance masters, especially Titian and Raphael. Poussin’s work combines intellect with sensuality. He sought for perfection and chose imposing themes imbuing them with moral and philosophical messages. Poussin’s distinctive paintings were a continuous source of inspiration (and controversy) for artists in the following centuries. His work had a great impact on French and English Classicism in the 17th and 18th centuries. Poussin’s elaborate compositions had a major influence on, among others,

Nicolas Poussin: Selfportrait

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A Sense of Art: Icons in Art at the Czech Academy of Sciences and Arts 23 October 2015 – 10 January 2016 National Gallery – Salm Palace

of the 125th anniversary of the establishment of the Czech Academy of Emperor Franz Joseph for Sciences, Literature and Arts, the precursor of today’s Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. The project seeks to introduce the Academy to the broader public as a useful institution, and show the results of academic research in the light of contemporary life.

From its establishment in 1890 and until 1952, the Czech Academy of Sciences and Arts brought together artists, authors and musicians who recognised their peers annually with awards for artistic achievement. The exhibition A Sense of Art is the first to present artworks that received these prestigious academic awards in 1891–1952, and illustrates the transformation of Czech culture in this period. The major Czech artists who were recognised included Vojtěch Hynais, Mikoláš Aleš, František Ženíšek, Josef Václav Myslbek, František Bílek, František Kupka, Vojtěch Preissig, Josef Lada, Dušan Jurkovič and Josef Gočár. Some of the award-winning works have remained in the possession of the Czech Academy of Sciences, though most have gone to numerous institutions and private collections. This is the first opportunity for the public to view a collection of works that received these academic awards. The exhibition will also introduce patrons, longstanding supporters of Czech art.

Vojtěch Hynais: The Judgement of Paris

The exhibition is part of a cycle called Arts and Sciences, which will be organized in 2015 on the occasion

No Borders, Art in the Ore Mountains 1250–1550 The more than 200 works of art shown at the “No Borders” exhibition offers the visitor an extraordinary artistic experience, with 500 year-old historical facts that have had a significant effect on the current appearance of the North Bohemian towns (city planning, roads, etc.).

27 November 2015 – 28 March 2016 National Gallery – Waldstein Riding School During the high and late Middle Ages, the cross border region of the Ore Mountains was the scene of an intense business and cultural exchange between the Kingdom of Bohemia and the Principality of Saxony. The unprecedented wealth of urban centres like Litoměřice, Ústí nad Labem, Louny, Žatec, Most, Teplice, etc. at the end of the Middle Ages – late 15, early 16 centuries – was reflected in a strong need to artistically represent towns, aristocracy, monasteries and even individuals with the highest criteria. Each of the sections dedicated to the culture of the above mentioned towns includes an exhibition of treasures of sculpture and painting (altars and their conserved parts), objects of precious metals used in liturgy (chalices, monstrances, reliquaries), liturgical books or works that decorated buildings (portals). Mining in the Ore Mountains brings us closer not only to objects related to the activity (hoes, hammers, burners), but also to coins (Jáchymov Tolars) and medals made in the Jáchymov Mint.

Master IW – Votive plaque with Assumpta so-called “Mostecka” UOM 0368 – UOM 0368 – Area Museum in Most

NATIONAL THEATRE National Theatre Ohad Naharin: decadance Premiered on 4 and 5 June 2015 The National Theatre – The New Stage Choreography & Stage direction: Ohad Naharin For the first time ever, the Czech National Ballet’s repertoire includes works of the legendary Israeli creator Ohad Naharin, who for several decades has been among the crème de la crème of the world’s modern dance theatre. The mixed bill is a strange combination of parts or entire opuses created by Naharin over the past decade given a new shape. Ohad Naharin’s powerful charisma, specific geographical and cultural background, singular and unique poetics of movement and idiom in general represent an immense

and novel experience not only for the Czech National Ballet dancers, but also, and most notably, for the audience, who can expect an exceptional, overwhelming, remarkable spectacle.

Norma

challenging. The opera was only staged in Prague in 1835, in Italian. The National Theatre first performed it on 5 October 1884, in Czech. Bellini’s Norma has not been staged in the building housing today’s State Opera for about 110 years. The new State Opera production has been created by the Japanese opera director Tomo Sugao.

Vincenzo Bellini Premiered on 2 and 4 Octobre 2015 The State Opera Prague In the first half of the 19th century beautiful singing, “bel canto” was considered the most important aspect in opera productions with the legendary prima donnas’ artistry serving as an endless source of inspiration. The inception of Norma, the best-known opera by Italian composer Vincenzo Bellini (1801–1835), was instigated by the phenomenal Italian soprano Giuditta Pasta (1797–1865), who was scheduled to appear at La Scala and for her Milan debut wished a new opera by Bellini. The librettist Felice Romani reached for the text based on Alexandre Soumet’s tragedy Norma, ou L’infanticide. The story is set in the time of the Roman occupation of Gaul. The immense success of the premiere, on 26 December 1831, was also down to Giuditta Pasta, who had initially turned down the part of Norma owing to its being extremely

The Nightingale / Iolanta

great masters of global music, neither of the fairy-tale operas has to date been staged at the National Theatre. This new production has been musically prepared by the renowned British conductor Jan Latham -Koenig, who worked in Prague some five years ago.

Igor Stravinsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Premiered on 22 and 23 October 2015 The National Theatre Igor Stravinsky’s first and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s final opera hail from two totally different musical worlds – Iolanta is still borne in the spirit of Romantic refinement, whereas Le rossignol, written 20 years later, blends the magic of Impressionism and the tumultuous Impressionist idiom. Yet the two works, so distant from one another at first glance, have much in common – not only their being based on fairy tales, but also the theme and message, which is inherent to the genre. About the human crave for happines, beauty and love. Although they are works by two

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WINE ANDViticulture VITICULTURE IN PRAGUE Wine and in Prague We offer you a way to spend a pleasant time while in Prague – visit one of Prague’s vineyards and sample some local wine during one of the many vintage festivals. You may be surprised, but there are several vineyards that produce wine in Prague and its surroundings.

St. Clara’s Vineyard in Trója

True, we cannot precisely date the beginnings of the cultivation of varietal grapes on the land of what is today Prague, but there is documentation that there were vineyards in Prague back in the days of the rule of King Wencelsas II (1137–1192). Under the government of the Roman Emperor and Czech King Charles IV (1316–1378), thanks to his decree of 1358 on the establishment of vineyards, all suitable land (southern slopes) was planted with vines. Concurrently with this decree, the ruler also issued vineyard rights to protect and support vineyards, and named a special official, a so-called Vineyard Hill Master. For Prague, this official’s office remained active until 1848. Under the rule of Emperor Rudolf II (1552– 1616) viticulture enjoyed its greatest boom, and with its 720 hectares of vineyards, Prague became known as the “City of Wine”. As a result of the unrest of the Thirty Years War, the vineyards lay fallow and abandoned, but even so, in 1776 there were nearly 700 hectares of vineyards in Prague. Today Prague’s vineyards cover about 12 hectares, but all boast centuries-long histories and rich traditions that survive to this day. There are now just six vineyards within Prague that remind us of the past glory of Prague’s viniculture: St. Klara’s Vineyard and the Salabka vineyard in Troja, the Máchalka vineyard in Vysočany, the Gröbovka vineyard in Vinohrady, the Arcibiskupská vineyard in Modřany and the St. Wenceslas Vineyard in Prague Castle.

Not many people would look for an idyllic vineyard in the heart of a European capital. One of the oldest vineyards in Prague can be found right in the Castle complex. Its ancient tradition dates back to the 10th century, to the origins of Czech statehood. The unique location of the complex on the eastern rock spur under Prague Castle, above the Old Castle Stairs, offers unique and immaculate panoramic views to of the most beautiful parts of Prague. You will also find vineyards near Prague, on the banks of the Vltava, Labe, and Berounka rivers. The Karlštejn vineyards, below the famous castle, are also very interesting and old. When traveling Prague and the Czech Republic, you should not miss such wonderful experiences.

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VINTAGE PRAGUE CASTLE Vintage atAT Prague Castle 10th edition of the Vintage at Prague Castle Royal Gardens of Prague Castle 19–20 September, 2015, 11:00–18:00

Winegrowing at the Prague Castle has a tradition that dates back to more than millennium. The current tradition was renovated in the 1920s by the architect Josip Plečnik. Plečnik projected a vineyard on the southern slopes below the Na Valech garden. It was renovated in 2003. When the first grapes were harvested in 2006, the Prague Castle Administration came up with the idea to organize the first modern “Prague Castle Vintage”. To celebrate its 10th edition, the Vintage at Prague Castle has prepared a representative showcase of the best winemakers from Bohemia and Moravia that will take place in all the rooms of the Ball Game Hall in the Royal Gardens, and will include culinary experiences. Sparkling wines, Moravian burčák (young wine), and freshly pressed grape juice will also be available. Attendants will taste a wide range of traditional Czech products awarded with the national quality label KLASA and Regionaní potravina (Regional food).

The pleasant atmosphere will be in the hands of traditional folkloric music interpreters, and the Production Gardens of Prague Castle will be again open for visitors.

www.kulturanahrade.cz

VINOHRADY VINTAGE Vinohrady Vintage You have a unique chance for wine tasting on Friday 11 and Saturday 12 September, 2015 in the Jiřího z Poděbrad Square in Vinohrady. This part of Prague got its name (Vinohrady = Vineyards) from vineyards that covered in this area since the Middle Ages. Good wine lovers will gather there for the 19th edition of the Vinohrady Vintage. They will taste wines from three dozen smaller wine producers from Moravia and Bohemia, and 20 kinds of the popular young wine – burčák. There will also be Organic and Kosher certified wines that have won medals at prestigious international competitions. Like every year, the wine stands will surround the Church of the Sacred Heart, designed by the Slovenian architect Josif Plečnik, and built in this square in Vinohrady between 1928 and 1935. The church has been nominated for the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List. The September wine festival in Prague – Vinohrady is organized by the Municipal Authority of Prague 3. According to Mayor Vladislava Hujová “Vinohrady vintage is not just wine tasting. Visitors can also enjoy a rich cultural program on both days”. The Vinohrady Vintage will have performances of Folkloric, Folk and Jazz bands, and, for the children, there will be fairy tales and creative workshops.

The wine stands open at noon. The cultural program starts at 4 pm on Friday and 2 pm on Saturday. Evening concerts start at 8 pm. Free admission.

Public transportation. Uderground line A and tram 11 – stop JIŘÍHO Z PODĚBRAD.

VINTAGE ATthe THEBotanical BOTANICAL GARDEN Vintage at Garden Experience a non-traditional vintage festival in the Prague Botanical Garden on 12/13 September 2015

Taste excellent wines and enjoy a beautiful view of the entire city. Spend a weekend in the company of our wines from the St. Clara’s vineyard, the largest vineyard in Prague. Our wines win annually various prizes and awards. You can also taste wines from eight leading Czech and Moravian wine makers, and try the specialty known as “burčák”, the young wine at the top of its fermentation. See how we make our exclusive wines, visit our cellar and a historical house from the 18th century, in the middle of the local vineyard. You can also look forward to traditional folklore songs, jazz, country, and swing, as well as theatrical performance (program from 11 to 19). With a glass of good wine, have a romantic stroll through the Botanical Garden dressed in autumn colors. Prague Botanical Garden Trojská 800/196 Tel.: +420 234 148 111 info@botanicka.cz

www.botanicka.cz

KARLŠTEJN VINTAGE Karlštejn Vintage

We invite your to the 18th Karlštejn Vintage on 26 and 27 September 2015

Take a trip with us to the Middle Ages, to the times of the Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia, Charles IV, who is to visit his Karlštejn castle with his wife Elisabeth of Pomerania and the Imperial court to open the traditional Karlštejn vintage. The historical train, with medieval knights, pipers, jugglers and magicians, will proceed from the vineyards to the castle on Saturday and on Sunday at 1,30 pm, and will also include medieval fashion and dances. The path to the castle will be trimmed with stands displaying historical crafts. Visitors will have the chance to taste wines from the Karlštejn vineyards, founded by the “Father of the Land”, Charles IV. The organizers have also prepared culinary treats, royal jousting, performances of fakirs, a flair parade and a fire show on Saturday night, at the feet of the castle. The evening of Saturday will close with a performance of the play “Night at Karlštejn” on the left bank of the river Berounka. You can travel to Karlštejn with a historical train with a steam engine from the Prague – Smíchov railway station. Admission: Sat + Sun CZK 200, Sun CZK 100 Children under 15, and visitors in historical costumes free For more info, please visit:

www.karlstejnske-vinobrani.cz www.hrad-karlstejn.cz www.mestyskarlstejn.cz We are looking to your visit.

Name Quarter • Street/Square ▼ GOL DSM IT H’S, J E WEL LERY Boucheron boutique 1 • Křižovnická 3 Cartier 1 • Pařížská 2 Diamonds & Pearls 1 • Týnská 21 Frey Wille 1 • Havířská 3 Golden & Silver 1 • Pařížská 5 Granát 1 • Dlouhá 28–30 1 • Panská 1 1 • Na Příkopě 23 Halada 1 • Pařížská 7 1 • Na Příkopě 16 Christian Dior 1 • Pařížská 4 Pandora Jewelery 1 • Na Příkopě 13 Studio Šperk 1 • Dlouhá 19 J. Drahoňovský Swarovski 1 • Pařížská 16 1 • Malé náměstí 1 1 • Celetná 11 ▼ PHI LAT E LY • NUMISMATIC SHOPS Dům filatelie 1 • Klimentská 6 Jiří Vandas 1 • Na Příkopě 25 ▼ FA SHIO N Hugo Boss 1 • Pařížská 6 Gianni Versace 1 • U Prašné brány 3 Alfred Dunhill 1 • Pařížská 14 Christian Dior 1 • Pařížská 4 Louis Vuitton 1 • Pařížská 13 Prada 1 • Pařížská 16

Studio 1 • Dušní 10 Hana Havelková if… Ivana Follová 1 • Mezibranská 9 designer’s shop Beata Rajská 1 • Dlouhá 924/3 – boutique – original and luxury models ▼ GLASS, PORCELAIN AND CERAMICS Rott Crystal 1 • Malé náměstí 3 Moser 1 • Na Příkopě 12 1 • Staroměstské n. 603/15 Sale of products, brands Moser, Meissen, Herend and Bernardaud ▼ MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Daniel Berdych 1 • Nekázanka 20 (Violin Maker) Hudební nástroje 1 • Jungmannovo n. 17 1 • Saská 3 ▼ SHEET MUSIC Talacko Music 1 • Rybná 29 Kanzelsberger 1 • Václavské náměstí 42 (The House of Books) The Czech Museum 1 • Karmelitská 2/4 of Music

Name Quarter • Street/Square Martina Nevařilová Boutique-Showroom 1 • E. Krásnohorské 4/11 Boutique Navarila 1 • Haštalská 8

1 • Celetná 10

▼ SHOPPING CENTRES Arkády Pankrác 4 • Na Pankráci 1727/86 Underground line C, stop Pankrác Debenhams 1 • Václavské nám. 21 Underground line A, stop Můstek or Muzeum Dětský dům 1 • Na Příkopě 15 Underground line A, stop Můstek Fénix Galerie 9 • Freyova 945/33 Underground line B, stop Vysočanská Galerie Florentinum 1 • Na Florenci Underground line B, stop Náměstí Republiky Metropole Zličín 5 • Řevnická 121/1 Underground line B, stop Zličín Nový Smíchov 5 • Plzeňská 233/8 Underground line B, stop Anděl

Choco-story (see p. 31, 33)

Name Quarter • Street/Square ▼ CD RECORDS • CASSETTES Bontonland Megastore 1 • Václavské nám. 1 Musicland (Palladium) 1 • nám. Republiky ▼ FISHERMEN AND HUNTER I TEM S Kajman 1 • Petrské náměstí 1 Arms and Ammo 1 • Opletalova 37 ▼ CHOCOLATE PARADI SE Viva Praha 1 • Celetná 10 (see p. 32)

Quarter • Street/Square 1 • Národní třída 63/23

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Underground line A, stop Malostranská Pasáž Myslbek 1 • Na Příkopě 19-21 Underground line A, stop Můstek ▼ M ARKETS River Town Prague 7 • Bubenské nábřeží 306 Fruits, vegetables Underground line C, stop Vltavská (cca 300 m) Havelské tržiště 1 • Havelská Fruits, vegetables, small ceramic items, rustical products ▼ BOOKSHOPS Kanzelsberger 1 • Václavské nám. 42 (Palladium) 1 • nám. Republiky Neoluxor 1 • Václavské nám. 41 Knihkupectví Fišer 1 • Kaprova 10

Underground B, stop Národní třída Obchodní dům Kotva 1 • náměstí Republiky 8 Underground line B, stop náměstí Republiky Palác Flora 3 • Vinohradská 151 Underground line A, stop Flora Palladium 1 • náměstí Republiky (see p. 2) Underground line B, stop náměstí Republiky Pilsner Urquell Gallery – Experience Shop 1 • U Lužického semináře 11

Name My Tesco

Shops are mostly open from 9 a.m. till 7 p.m. On Saturdays generally till 1 p.m. In the centre of the town, the shops are usually open on Sundays too.

WE RECOMMEND – SOME BEST BUYS

SWETT CHOCOLATE FAIRY Sweet moments with a chocolate fairy

In 2008, the company Viva Praha – The Finest Belgian Chocolate opened a retail store with the best Belgian chocolate in the very center of Prague, just a few steps from the Old Town Square, in Celetná. The store specializes in Belgian chocolate, hand-made by the best chocolatiers from the chocolate capital, Bruges, in Belgium. The freshness of chocolate plays a great role, and that is why at the Viva store you can find only the best products imported directly from artisan producers. Together with classical chocolate products, such as pralines, figures, and bars, at the Viva store you can also buy novelties of the chocolate world, for example chocolate with high content of antioxidants, organic chocolate, and pralines with unusual flavors and combinations. Those who do not like chocolate can enjoy nougat, marzipan, or homemade fudge. Right at the store, while sitting over a cup of coffee in the Jungle bar, you can enjoy cakes, original Belgian wafers, fresh fruits dipped in chocolate, and the original hot chocolate that boasts several awards. The selection is now also supplemented with a section of Belgian beer specialties. Besides chocolate, the store produces the so-called “Rock Candy”. The store has tables prepared for the manufacture of this treat, so you can see the process, which dates back more than 400 years. The store is joined to the ChocoStory chocolate museum – a member of an international network of museums with branches in Bruges, Paris, and Mexico. In the museum you can dive into the 3,000-year-old history of chocolate. You can learn when, where, and who used it for the first time, who brought it to Europe, how it spread, and how it is made today. You can also learn that chocolate is good for your health, and remember the good old times over a collection of chocolate wraps. In the showroom, our chocolatiers will show how pralines are made; and you can also taste them or to try the work with the chocolate yourselves in one of the workshops. Along with that you can see the largest chocolate cascade in the Czech Republic. In Celetná 10, you can dive into the fabulous world of chocolate and candy with all your senses.

VIVA Prague brings the best of Belgian Chocolate from the heart of the chocolate world – the city of Brugge. Great choice, Belgian wafers, live demonstrations of praline manufacturing

Open daily 10:30 a.m.–10:30 p.m. Celetná 10 Prague 1

www.vivapraha.cz

Our chocolate fairy invites you to discover the more than 3,000 year history of chocolate.

Open daily 10 a.m.–7 p.m. In summer season 10 a.m.–9 p.m. Celetná 10, Prague 1

www.choco-story-praha.cz

GLASS INSPIRATION YOU Glass inspiration for yourFOR senses

Czech glass is a traditional, sought-after product all over the world. Its high quality stems from a rich and centuries-long glasswork tradition, which – in North Bohemia – dates back to the 13th century. This is the home of CRYSTALEX, the largest and most famous Czech manufacturer of table glassware, one of the leading glass manufacturers in Europe, too. Its portfolio includes numerous table glassware sets, decanters, vases, and loads of decorative items. Most CRYSTALEX products that bear the “Bohemia Crystal” trade mark are exported to more than 60 countries all over the world. The most famous traditional sets are Angela and Claudia. The Angela set is characteristic with its modern elegance combined with classic elements. The Claudia set is inseparably linked to the CRYSTALEX

Angela tion with leading Czech designers, numerous interesting new sets that can satisfy a wide range of customers have been included in the portfolio, such as Viola, Sandra, Giselle, Victoria, Elisabeth, Ideal, and Gina, to name at least some. These sets are classical and modern, older and designed just recently. However, all of them are successful.

Love name. It has been manufactured since 1974, and leads sales to the present. So far, more than 200 million sets have been made, and it is obvious that this number is to grow. The glassworks pays great attention to the development of new products. In coopera-

Neon CRYSTALEX is extremely successful with its decorative items – the list of decorating techniques includes paint decoration (an old, recently revived technique), painting, silk-screen printing, labelling, sanding, spraying, and – of course – combinations of those. Creativity, high quality, modern technology, and a satisfied customer – these are the principal items in the strategy of CRYSTALEX, this exclusive owner of the world famous Bohemia Crystal trade mark, and a burgeoning successor to the Czech glasswork traditions. Waterfall

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MINIGUIDE PRAGUEUNESCOHERITAGE

The historical core of the capital of the Czech Republic was declared a Prague Monument Reserve in 1992 and is included in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List. Over 60 information signs mark the perimeter of the reserve taking the form of 30x70 cm format D43 traffic signs with a UNESCO sign and the label “Prague Monument Reserve – UNESCO”.

PragueCastle (Pražskýhrad)

St. George Convent

The St. George Convent was established in 973 by Prince Boleslav and his sister Mlada for the Benedictine order. It was dissolved in 1782, and reconstructed and newly opened in 1976. Open daily: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (IV–X), 9 a.m.–4 p.m. (XI–III)

St. Vitus Cathedral

This Gothic Cathedral, which was built over nearly six centuries, was finally completed in 1929. In the 10th century a rotunda originally stood in its place. Construction of the cathedral was begun in 1344 by Mathias Arras and Petr Parléř, who also built the St. Wenceslas Chapel, which is adorned with fres-

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the Prague Castle is the largest coherent castle complex in the world, with an area of almost 70,000 m2. The site of the castle was established in the 9th century, and in the 12th century the Romanesque palace was built. In the 14th century, under the reign of Charles IV, it was rebuilt in the Gothic style, and the last reconstruction of the Royal Palace was carried out under the rule of the Jagellons at the end of the 15th century, At that time (1497 to 1500) the famous Vladislav Hall was built in the late Gothic style. The castle was enlarged in the 16th century following the great fire in 1541. After World War I, the interior and gardens of the castle were redesigned by the architect J. Plečnik. The castle is the seat of the president of the republic and the historical and political centre of the city and the state. The changing of the guards takes place at Prague Castle every hour on the hour from 5:00 a.m. to midnight (April to October), from 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. (November to March), and the guard changes at noon are accompanied by a solemn fanfare. See the map on page 46. There is additional information on pages 48–49. www.hrad.cz

coes and semi-precious stones; in the catacombs underneath there are tombs of Czech kings. Open Monday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. (Nov–Feb); Monday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. (Mar–Oct)

Golden Lane

Golden lane features tiny houses from the 16th century, built into late Gothic fortifications.

Daliborka Tower

The fortified Daliborka Tower was built in 1496 by Benedikt Rejt as a part of the castle’s fortifications. It was converted into a jail until the end of the 18th century.

Mihulka Powder Tower

In the 15th century this tower, which is 20 meters in diameter, was used to store gunpowder. A permanent exhibition by the Castle Guard. Open daily: 9 a.m.–4 p.m. (XI–III); 9 a.m.–6 p.m. (IV–X). Admission: 70/40/140 CZK

Prague Castle Picture Gallery

Where there were once stables a gallery was built for the art collections at Prague Castle. Pictures from Rudolf’s gallery were discovered and designated in 1961–1962 (Tizian, Tintoretto, Rubens, and others). Open daily: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (IV–X); 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (XI–III). Admission: 100/50/200 CZK

make music. The fountain was designed and built by Tomáš Jaroš from 1564 to 1568.

Loretto

Prague 1, Loretánské náměstí 7 Loretto was once a goal of pilgrims, with a copy of Santa Casa; it was built from 1626 to 1631. The Baroque Church of the Nativity of Our Lord was built in 1734–35. The front façade was rebuilt from 1720 to 1722 by K. I. Dienzenhofer. The tower houses 27 Loretto bells which play the melody of the Our Lady Chorus. The most valuable item is the liturgical treasury, with a diamond monstrance called Prague Sun; it weighs over 12 kg and is adorned with more than 6,000 diamonds. Open daily: 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The bells are rung every hour, starting at 9 a.m. and ending at 6 p.m. Admission: 110 CZK

St. George Basilica

The Romanesque St. George Basilica was built in 920, close to the Benedictine monastery; it was reconstructed in the 10th and 12th centuries.

Royal Summer Palace (Belvedere)

This is the most remarkable Renaissance building in Prague. It was built from 1538–1552 following the design of Paolo della Stella, and completed in 1563 by the architect B. Wohlmut. Its garden contains the Singing Fountain, where drops of water

Royal Garden with Ball Game Hall (Míčovna)

The Royal Garden was laid out in 1534 under the reign of Ferdinand I and refined under the rule of Rudolf II. The Ball Game Hall was once used as a barracks and is now used to house exhibitions. Open to the public only in the summer season (April to October), and the Ball Game Hall is open only for exhibitions.

along with the Church of Our Lady and the Strahov Library. The historical library contains the early Baroque Theological Hall (1671–1679) and Classicist Philosophical Hall (1785–1794), adorned by frescoes of A. Maulbertsch. Open daily: 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Closed 24., 25. 12. Admission: 80 CZK

Lobkowicz Palace

Černín Palace

Prague 1, Jiřská 3 Construction of this palace was begun in the middle of the 16th century by the Pernstein family. In 1627 it became the property of Po-lyxena of Lobkowicz. It was rebuilt by Carlo Lurago from 1651 to 1668 and has appeared as it does now since that time. Permanent exhibition: The Princely Collections Open daily: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission: 275 CZK

Prague 1, Loretánské náměstí 5 This is an early Baroque palace that was built from 1669 to 1687 by Francesco Caratti. It currently serves as the seat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Strahov Monastery

Prague 1, Strahovské nádvoří 1/132 This monastery of the Premonstratensian order at Strahov was originally built in the Romanesque style,

ThePalaceGardensunderPragueCastle was bankrolled by governmental funds with a substantial contribution by the Prague Herita ge Fund, under the supervision of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and Václav Havel, the Czech president. During the first phase, the Ledebour and Small Pálffy Gardens underwent reconstruction. These gardens were opened to the public in June 1995. The second phase – finished in August 2000 – covers the three remaining gardens (the Great Pálffy Garden was opened in 1997). In the location of the Small and Great Pálffy Gardens, vineyards and gardens are documented as early as 1454. An engraving from 1685 depicts a large,

The palace gardens on the southern slopes of the hill crowned with the Prague Castle complex consist of five historic gardens: the Ledebour Garden, the Small Pálffy Garden, the Great Pálffy Garden, the Kolowrat Garden and the Small Fürstenberg Garden. These gardens represent a unique historic complex which is one of most significant Baroque garden works in Europe. Due to the lack of maintenance, these beautiful and historically priceless objects reached a state of catastrophe, and were closed to the public in the seventies. It was not until 1989 that reconstruction commenced, led by the new owner – the State Preservation Institute. The reconstruction

here in 1580. In 1784, Lady Marie Barbora Černínová applied a highly-demanding concept of a Baroque garden, designed according to Italian models by architect Ignatius Palliardi. The Prague palace gardens are linked and are accessible from both the Wallenstein street and the Prague Castle garden called “Na Valech.” They offer their visitors relaxation, pleasant strolls in a cultivated environment, and unforgettable views of the capital. www.palacove-zahrady.cz

terrace-like Renaissance-Italian garden at this location. Today’s design – or rather the architectural concept of what has been preserved – goes back to 1751. It is the result of a reconstruction carried out by the aristocratic Fürstenberk family. Despite several reconstructions that followed, the original Baroque design remained preserved; namely, the terrace-like setting, the axis location of the central stairs, the alteration of vacant and planted sections and many remarkable architectural motifs, including many wellpreserved relics of art decoration, etc. Unlike other decorative and entertainment gardens, the Kolowrat Garden has a four purpose character. Its concept is much more modest and far less demonstrative. Also, where the Small Fürstenberg Garden is located, there used to be a vineyard and a utility garden in 1517. However, a decorative garden was founded

Ledebour Garden is a Baroque, terrace garden from the first third of the 18 century, in about 1787 styled most probably by I. J. Palliardi. In between the salla terrena and the opposite–side wall, flat with the staircase and the fountain with the statue of a giant, a parterre with a recently-built basin. The Palace gardens are open daily: 10 a.m.–6 p.m. (IV, X), 10 a.m.–7 p.m. (V, VI, VII, VIII, IX). Admission: 80/55/215 CZK th

LesserTown (MaláStrana) The St. Nicolas’s Church

Church of Our Lady Victorious – Prague Child Jesus, Prague 1, Karmelitská 9 Early Baroque building from 1611, rebuilt in 1644. The church is famous thanks to the Spanish wax effigy of the Prague Child Jesus gifted by Polyxena of Lobkovic and brought to Prague at the end of the 16th century. Open: ❶–❻ 8:30 a.m.–7 p.m., ❼ 8:30 p.m.–8 p.m.

Malostranské nám. 556/29 The construction of this church started in 1704 on the site of a small, older Gothic church. The frontispiece was finished in 1710 and the nave, with its wreath of chapels, was consecrated in 1711. This part was clearly built by Christopher Dienzenhofer. The sanctuary and the cupola were built in 1737–1752 based on Dienzenhofer’s design, and the structure was finished by A. Lurago between 1751 and 1756. The interior is an example of the high Baroque style; the decorations were created by Jan Lukáš Kracker. The Crucifixion (1646) in St. Barbara’s chapel and Christ’s Passion series (1670), all pictures by Karel Škréta, originally created for the Jesuit Profession House,

The Petřín Observation Tower

The construction of the Petřín observation tower was initiated by the Czech Tourist Club on the occasion of the Jubilee Land’s Exhibition. It is a scale model (1:5) of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, designed by Ing. František Prášil from the famous ČKD factory. Its construction started on 16 March 1891 and was finished on 20th August of the same year. The tower is located at an

altitude of 324 m above sea level and is 60 m tall. It weighs about 168 tons and the base of the tower is formed by an octagon with a diameter of 20 m. The observation point is at a height of 50.98 m and you can get there climbing up 299 spiral stairs. Senior citizens and handicapped persons can use the lift. Open daily: 10 a.m.–6 p.m. (XI–II), 10 a.m.–8 p.m. (III, X), 10 a.m.–10 p.m. (IV–IX). Admission: 120 CZK

form the most significant part of the interior decoration. Most of the sculptures in the church are works by I. F. Platzer. The oldest sculpture in the church is Our Lady of Foyen on the left altar, brought by the Jesuits from Belgium in 1629. The tower of the church (the baroque belfry) actually never was an integral part of the church as it was an independent property owned by the Lesser Town of Prague. It served as the bell- and observation-tower. As a observation tower, it was also used by the Secret Police during the communist era, until 1989. Important facts about the church: Height of the cupola: 50 m inside; 70 m outside; 79 m with the clerestory Width of the church: 40 m • Width of the nave: 30 m Length of the church: 60 m (without the stairs) Triumphal arch between the church and the presbytery: 24 m, depth 24 m Surface area of the murals: 3000 m The church is open daily: 9 a.m.–5 p.m. (III–X), 9 a.m. –4 p.m. (XI–II). The Observation Tower open daily: 10 a.m.–6 p.m. (XI–II), 10 a.m.–8 p.m. (III, X), 10 a.m.–10 p.m. (IV–IX) Admission: 70 CZK (the Church); 90 CZK (the Belfry)

The Petřín hill funicular railway

After its renewal in 1985, the Petřín hill funicular railway (lanovka) was integrated into Prague’s public transportation system. You may transfer onto it at the Újezd tram stop – it takes you up to Nebozízek and Petřín. To ride the funicular railway, you need a valid Prague transportation ticket which is good for transfers. The funicular railway operates daily from 9 a.m. until 11:30 p.m. (IV–X), 9 a.m.–11:20 p.m. (XI–III)

Petřín Mirror Maze

A Maze with mirrored path set up originally for the Jubilee Exhibition and the diorama-Battle of the Praguers with the Swedes in 1648 on Charles Bridge. Open daily: 10 a.m.–6 p.m. (XI–II), 10 a.m.–8 p.m. (III, X), 10 a.m.–10 p.m. (IV–IX). Admission: 90 CZK

CharlesBridge (Karlůvmost) The Charles Bridge was built in 1357 by Charles IV. It is the oldest bridge in Prague, and the work was carried out by Petr Parléř. 30 baroque statues and the groups of statues are mostly from the 18th century. The wellknown are works of M. B. Braun and F. M. Brokof. It is 520 m long and 10 m wide. The construction consists of 16 arches. The bridge was fortified at both its ends by towers.

Lesser-Town Bridge Towers

The lower one dates from the 12th century, in Romanesque style, the higher one is 200 years younger and was erected in the 15th century. The latter one is accessible for the public. Open daily: 10 a.m.–6 p.m. (XI–II), 10 a.m.–8 p.m. (III, X), 10 a.m.–10 p.m. (IV–IX). Admission: 90 CZK

Kampa

Island under the Charles Bridge giving a view of the River Vltava and the National Theatre.

OldTown (StaréMěsto) Old-Town Bridge Tower

The Municipal House

Designed by Petr Parléř, the entrance gate to the Charles Bridge from the Old Town. At the tower are copies of the enthroned figures of Charles IV and Wenceslas IV, over the archway is a row of carved emblems of the territories belonging to Charles’s empire. Open daily: 10 a.m.–6 p.m. (XI–II), 10 a.m.–8 p.m. (III, X), 10 a.m.–10 p.m. (IV–IX). Admission: 90 CZK

Prague 1, náměstí Republiky 5 One of the most precious memories of the period of “Art Nouveau” style containing the rich in door and outdoor decorations (Alfons Mucha).

Holy Cross Pilgrimage Rotunda

Prague 1, ul. Karoliny Světlé Romanesque rotunda with rare Gothic fresco of the Adoration of the Magi. The rotunda is open Mon–Fri with prior reservation at: 224 319 528. Free admission

Clementinum

Prague 1, Mariánské náměstí The building dates from mid 17th century, former Jesuit college, as a currently, there is a complex of significant libraries. Astronomic Tower, Baroque Library and Mirror Chapel. Open daily: 10 a.m.–6 p.m. (XI–XII), 10 a.m.–7 p.m. (III–X), 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m. (I–II) Tel.: 733 129 252. Admission: 220 CZK

Convent of St. Agnes of Bohemia

Open daily: 10 a.m.–7 p.m. e-mail: info@obecnidum.cz www.obecnidum.cz Exhibition, concerts, social events Guided tours: tel.: +420 222 002 107 Admission: 290 CZK

Prague 1, Anežská 12 The ensemble of ecclesiastical and living quarters, founded by St. Agnes of Bohemia and King Wenceslas I in 1234. Presently there is an exposition of the National Gallery and the concert hall. Open: ❷–❻ 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Admission: 150/80 CZK

The Royal Mile

Carolinum

The unique complex of architectural and historic memories, connecting today’s centre of the town (Powder Tower via Celetná Street, Old-Town Square, Karlova Street, Mostecká and Nerudova Streets) with past, several coronation processions and the messengers from foreign countries followed this same path.

Prague 1, Ovocný trh 5 Charles University building, established in 1348. Gothic bay chapel of 1370, rebuilt in Baroque style in 1718. At present Charles University graduation ceremonies take place there.

Bethlehem Chapel

The Estates Theatre

Prague 1, Betlémské náměstí 4 Originally a Gothic chapel of 1391, where Master John Huss preached. It was completedly damaged and reconstructed again, after old engravings and pictures, in 1950–1953. Open daily: 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m. (XI –III); 10 a.m.–6:30 p.m (IV–X). Admission: 60 CZK

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The House of the Lords from Kunštát and Poděbrady

Prague 1, Řetězová 3 Romanesque building probably of 2 half of 12th century, once the seat of the Land Administrator Jiří of Poděbrady. Open daily: 3 p.m.–8 p.m. (Café), 3 p.m. –8 p.m. (Beer Gallery). Admission: 100 CZK nd

Prague Ghetto

Prague 1, Old Town Seven synagogues are the remnants of the old settlement, the Jewish Town Hall and the Old Jewish cemetery, the most remarkable in Europe. Originally called Nostic Theatre, founded in 1783. On October 29, 1787 it was the venue for a première of Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni.

Prague Jewish Museum Klaus Synagogue – of 1694, Jewish Traditions and customs The Spanish Synagogue – The history of Jews since emancipation to the present Pinkas Synagogue – established in 1475 Memorial of Victims of Nazism Maisel Synagogue – History of Jews in Bohemia and Moravia Former Ceremonial Hall – Jewish Traditions and customs

Powder Tower

Prague 1, nám. Republiky 5 Gothic building of 1475 constructed by Matěj Rejsek, once used for storing gun-powder. In 1875–86 modified. Open daily: 10 a.m.–6 p.m. (XI–II), 10 a.m.–8 p.m. (III, X), 10 a.m.–10 p.m. (IV–IX). Admission: 90 CZK

Jubilee Synagogue

Prague 1, New Town, Jeruzalémská 7 – the most recent and largest synagogue in Prague. It was built in the socalled Moorish style. It was consecrated in September 1906. Open: 11 a.m.–5 p.m. (III–X), except Saturdays and Jewish Holy Days. Jewish Holy Days 2014: December 16, 24. 2015: April 5, 10; May 24, 25; September 15, 23, 28, 29; October 5, 6. Admission: 80 CZK

The Old Jewish Cemetery – with a tomb of Rabbi Löw

The Old-New Synagogue

– the early Gothic building of 13th century Prague 1, Červená Open daily, except Saturdays and Jewish Holy Days 9 a.m.–5 p.m. (XI–III); 9 a.m.–6 p.m. (IV–X). Jewish Holy Days 2014: December 16, 24. 2015: April 5, 10; May 24, 25; September 15, 23, 28, 29; October 5, 6. Admission: 200 CZK Ticket reservation: +420 222 749 464 (461) rezervacni.centrum@jewishmuseum.cz

Open: ❶ 11 a.m.–6 p.m.; ❷–❼ 9 a.m.–6 p.m. The Tower ❶ 11 a.m.–10 p.m; ❷–❼ 9 a.m.–10. p.m. Admission: 100 CZK, the Tower 120 CZK

Old-Town Square

Church of Our Lady before Týn

(Staroměstské náměstí) The historical centre of the town, the place of the most significant events, a unique complex of architectural and historic memories. In the middle there is a monument of Master John Huss by Ladislav Šaloun.

After St. Vitus Cathedral it is the most remarkable Prague Gothic church with Baroque interior. In the church there is the tomb of Danish astrologer Tycho Brahe. Open: ❷–❻ 10 a.m.–1 p.m. and 3 p.m.–5 p.m. ❼ 10:30 a.m.–noon. Visits of groups are possible with reservations. Admission: 25 CZK

The Old-Town Hall with the Astronomical Clock (horologe)

House At the Stone Bell

The Town Hall was built in 1338, in 1364 adjoining the tower with the chapel, in 1470 the Town Hall was reshaped in the late Gothic style. The horologe (orloj) is from the beginning of the 15th century; in the upper part every hour (9 a.m.–11 p.m.) the procession of the 12 apostles in succession appears at the window, in the lower part is a copy of 12 internal medallions with the signs of the zodiac by Josef Mánes.

The most precious burgess house of medieaval age, originally Romanesque, whose rare Gothic form and two-storey front face of 14th century was renovated in 1988. Currently it serves as an exhibition hall (City Gallery Prague). Open: ❷–❻ 10 a.m.–8 p.m. Admission: 120 CZK

NewTown (NovéMěsto)

The National Museum

Prague 1, Václavské náměstí 68 Neo-Renaissance building designed by architect Josef Schulz in 1885–90. During its reconstruction visit the New Building on the opposite: Prague 1, Vinohradská 1. Open daily: 10 a.m.–6 p.m.; first Wednesday of every month 10 a.m.–8 p.m. Admission: 110 CZK

Wenceslas Square

(Václavské náměstí) Prague 1, New Town Shopping centre of Prague; at the top of the square is the statue of St. Wenceslas with four patrons of Bohemia (St. Prokop, St. Adalbert, St. Ludmila and St. Agnes) by Josef Václav Myslbek.

The National Theatre

New Town City Hall

Prague 1, Národní 2 Neo-Renaissance building of 1868 to 1881 built according to plans of J. Zítek. In 1881 the finished theatre burnt, and was reconstructed by architect Josef Schulz in 1883.

Prague 2, Karlovo náměstí 23 A complex of Gothic buildings from the turn of the 14th and the 15th centuries, reconstructed in the Renaissance style during the years 1520–1526. They include a tower with the Holy Virgin Chapel, two Gothic Halls with ribbed vault ceilings, and a Renaissance Hall. Here was the seat of the Administration Offices of the New Town of Prague from 1377 to 1784. The defenestration of Catholic city councellors by Prague Hussites occurred here on July 30, 1419. This date is considered to be the start of the Hussite Revolution. The Tower is open for tourists daily except Mondays from 10 a.m.–6 p.m. (May – September), halls can be visited while exhibitions are held there. Daily visits, except Mon., from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (IV–XI). Admission (the Tower): 50/30/120 CZK

Emmaus

Prague 2, Vyšehradská 49 The Emmaus Monastery was founded by Charles IV in 1347 for Slavonic Benedictines with the Church of Our Lady and Slavonic patrons. At the end of World War II it was burnt by bombing. Two asymmetrical spires were finished in 1967. Open: ❶–❺ 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Admission: 50 CZK

1260. Its importance grew with the founding of “Slavin”, the final resting-place of the most significant personalities of the Czech nation. Slavín was built between 1889 and 1893. Above the central memorial at Slavín is a sarcophagus with an allegorical winged statue the Genius Patriae. The motto of the Slavín cemetery is engraved above the name plates: Though dead, they still speak. To date, more than 600 personalities from the world of Czech culture and education are buried here. They include, for example, the composers Bedřich Smetana and Antonín Dvořák, the painter Alfons Mucha, the opera singer Ema Destinnová, the writer Karel Čapek, the Nobel Prize winner Jaroslav Heyrovský and many others. The Slavín-Cemetery is open daily: 8 a.m.–6 p.m (III, IV, X), 8 a.m.–7 p.m. (V–IX), 8 a.m.–5 p.m. (XI–II)

Vyšehrad

Prague 2, V Pevnosti 159/5 On a rock over the River Vltava, this is the oldest seat of the Přemyslid princes. The most ancient building in Vyšehrad is the rotunda of St. Martin. In the vicinity of St. Peter and Paul’s Church is the residence of canons, casemates, a park, and a cemetery with the tombs of famous representatives of Czech culture (Slavín). From the southern part of the fortifications is a beautiful view of Prague. Visits to casemates are provided by Prague Information Service excursions. All objects are open daily: 9:30 a.m.–6 p.m. (IV–X); from 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m. (XI–III). Admission: 60 CZK

Slavín

Prague 2, Štulcova The Vyšehrad cemetery gained its current shape in 1869. It ranks among the most important Prague cemeteries. A cemetery stood in its place as early as

SomeimportantdatesfromthehistoryofPrague 1918 Prague became the capital of the independent Czechoslovak Republic 1939–1945 Occupation by Nazi Germany 1948 First year of the Communist régime 1968 Prague Spring – attempt to create socialism with human face, military intervention of five member states of the Warsaw Pact 1989 Velvet Revolution, Václav Havel elected President 1990 Free elections January 1, 1993 After the split of the Federation, founding of the Czech Republic March 12, 1999 the Czech Republic joined NATO May 1, 2004 the Czech Republic joined the EU December 21, 2007 the Czech Republic joined the Schengen zone

after 870 Founding of Prague Castle 965–966 First written news of merchant Ibrahim Ibn Jacob about Prague 973 Founding of Prague Bishopric 1085 First Bohemian king – Prince Vratislav II after 1230 Founding of the Old Town quarter 1257 Founding of the Lesser Town quarter about 1320 Founding of the Hradčany quarter 1344 Prague Bishopric promoted to Archbishopric 1348 Charles IV founded first University in Central Europe 1419–1437 Hussite movement 1618–1620 Prague Defenestration and the Battle of White Mountain – first signals for the 30 years’ war 1883 Opening of the National Theatre

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For orientation, please note A = Hradčanské náměstí (Hradčany Square) B = Prašný most (Powder Bridge) C = Královská zahrada (Royal Garden) D =Staré zámecké schody (Old Castle Stairs)

POHOŘELEC tram 22 stop Pohořelec follow Loretánská street to Hradčanské náměstí (A).

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III = 3rd Courtyard: i Information centres of Prague Castle 7 = Katedrála sv. Víta (St Vitus Cathedral) 8 = Staré proboštství (The Old Deanery) 9 = Socha sv. Jiří (Statue of St George) 10 = Starý královský palác (Old Royal Palace) 11 = Vladislavský sál (Vladislav Hall) 12 = Kaple všech svatých (All Saints’ Chapel)

II = 2nd Courtyard: 2 = Kaple sv. Kříže i (Chapel of the Holy Cross) 3 = Kholova kašna (Baroque Fountain) 4 = Obrazárna Pražského hradu i (Prague Castle Gallery) 5 = Španělský sál (Spanish Hall) 6 = Rudolfova galerie (Rudolf’s Gallery)

I = 1st Courtyard (Cour d’honneur): 1 = Matyášova brána (Matthias’s Gateway)

Towers: 01 Prašná věž – Mihulka (The Powder Tower) 02 Bílá věž (The White Tower) 03 Daliborka (The Daliborka Tower) 04 Černá věž (The Black Tower)

13 = Basilika sv. Jiří (Basilica of St George) 14 = Klášter sv. Jiří (St George’s Monastery) 15 = Ústav šlechtičen (Institute of Gentlewomen) 16 = Zlatá ulička (Golden Lane) 17 = Nejvyšší purkrabství (The Highest Burgrave’s House) 18 = Lobkovický palác (Lobkowicz Palace) 19 = Belvedere 20 = Míčovna (Ball Game Hall) 21 = Arcibiskupský palác (Archbishop’s Palace)

PRAGUECASTLEINFORMATION www.hrad.cz The Prague Castle Complex is open in the summer tourist season (from 1 April to 31 October) every day from 5 am to midnight and in the winter season (from 1 November to 31 March) every day from 6 am to 11 pm Prague Castle gardens: The Royal Garden, the Garden on the Ramparts, the Paradise Garden, and the Upper Stag Moat are open daily in October and April from 10 am to 6 pm, in May and September from 10 am to 7 pm, in June and July from 10 am to 9 pm, in August from 10 am to 8 pm. The Bastion Garden is open at the same times as the Prague Castle Complex. In the winter season the gardens are closed.

PREMISES REQUIRING TICKETS – daily 9 am–5 pm (summer season), 9 am–4 pm (winter season) Admission: full/discounted/family Prague Castle – Tour A – Old Royal Palace, permanent exhibition “The Story of Prague Castle”, St. George’s Basilica, Rosenberg Palace, Powder Tower, St. Vitus Cathedral, Golden Lane – CZK 350/175/700 Prague Castle – Tour B – Old Royal Palace, St. George’s Basilica, St. Vitus Cathedral, Golden Lane – CZK 250/125/500 Prague Castle – Tour C – Prague Castle Picture Gallery, St. Vitus Treasury – CZK 350/175/700 Permanent exhibition “The Story of Prague Castle” – CZK 140/70/280 Permanent exhibition St. Vitus Treasury – CZK 300/150/600 Prague Castle Picture Galley – CZK 100/50/200 Powder Tower – CZK 70/40/140 Great South Tower of St. Vitus Cathedral – CZK 150 Discounts apply to: youth from 6–16, secondary school students accompanied by a teacher, school and university students, family (1–5 children up to 16 years of age and no more than 2 adults), seniors past 65. Admission is free for children under six. All tickets are valid for two days. Visitors can pay for services in euro and all sales points accept all major credit cards. Cash-free purchase of tickets (acceptance of travel vouchers) is widely expected.

PRAGUE CASTLE INFORMATION CENTRES Information, guide services, admission tickets for the historic buildings Second Courtyard – tel.: +420 224 372 423, +420 224 372 419 Third Courtyard – tel.: +420 224 372 434, +420 224 372 435 Open daily 9 am–5 pm (winter season 9 am–4 pm) e-mail: info@hrad.cz, fax: +420 224 373 238

PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS Prague Castle Picture Gallery • The 2nd courtyard of Prague Castle The permanent exhibition presents collections originally owned by Emperors Rudolph II and Ferdinand II, Archduke Leopold Wilhelm, acquisitions by the Masaryk National Fund during the First Republic period between 1918 and 1939, and new acquisitions from recent times. (see p. 49) Open daily 9 am–5 pm (IV–X), 9 am–4 pm (XI–III)

The Story of Prague Castle • Old Royal Palace – Gothic floor This unique project introduces to the history of Prague Castle, from prehistoric times up to the present. It is the story of a complex that conceals within itself the mystery of the final resting place of the most important Bohemian rulers and saints, a place that houses the Czech crown jewels and the St Vitus Treasury, but also a place that serves as the dignified seat of the Head of state of the Czech Republic. Open daily 9 am–5 pm (IV–X), 9 am–4 pm (XI–III)

St. Vitus Treasury • St. Cross Chapel on the second Courtyard

It consists of some 140 works of supreme artistic quality from the temple collection of the church, later the cathedral, of St. Vitus ever since the 11th century. Open daily from 10 am to 6 pm

Armory – The Mihulka Powder Tower

Open daily 9 am–6 pm (IV–X), 9 am–4 pm (XI–III) The ground and first floor are dedicated to the development of warfare in the 17th and 18th centuries. Castle Guard permanent exhibition This exhibition, bearing the subtitle “From Duke’s Train to President’s Castle Guard”, maps the historic evolution and present situation of the unit that secures the president of the republic.

OVERVIEWOFCULTURALEVENTSATPRAGUECASTLE SEPTEMBER–NOVEMBER2015 MY HOMELAND – a Tribute to Czech Landscape Painting EXHIBITIONS

Prague Castle Riding School • 4/9/2015 – 1/11/2015 The Mánes Union of Fine Arts, in collaboration with the Prague Castle Administration, is the organiser of this exhibition. The Mánes Union was established in 1887 and exists to this very day. From the very beginning, the Mánes has brought together painters, sculptors, architects, glassmakers, and art historians and has become a part of Czech and European cultural and social lives. Its members were the best fine artists of their time, for instance František Kupka, Emil Filla, Otto Gutfreund, Adolf Hoffmeister, Václav Špála Willy Nowak, Josip Plečnik, Josef Šíma, Jindřich Štýrský, Jan Zrzavý etc. At the exhibition, you will see for yourselves the beauty of the czech landscape interpreted by the best czech painters. (see p. 18–19)

ALICE MASARYKOVÁ (1879–1966) and Support for the Arts Prague Castle Picture Gallery • 7/8/2015 – 7/11/2015 Dr. Alice Masaryková (1879–1966), elder daughter of the first president of Czechoslovakia, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (TGM), played a major role in creating Prague Castle’s art collection. After her mother died in 1923 she assumed the role of First Lady, being at her father’s side when welcoming distinguished guests to Prague Castle. TGM wanted at the same time to remind visitors of the traditionally high standard of Czech culture. The Office of the President began to purchase works by Czech artists, and Alice gave her opinion and recommended the purchase of specific paintings. Thanks to the support of Alice Masaryková, the Castle succeeded in acquiring many fine works in the Czech visual arts of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Otakar Lebeda: Torbole on Lago di Garda

TIZIANO – VANITAS. The Poet of the Image and the Shade of Beauty

Imperial Stables • 23/9/2015 – 17/1/2016 The exhibition is organized by Prague Castle Administration in collaboration with association Art for Public. For the first time in art exhibitions’ history, the subject of “Young woman with mirror”, will be on display at Prague Castle mostly interpreted as the allegory of the “Vanitas”, next to artworks from Barcelona, Borromeo’s collection and other rare paintings from private collections. Seenn these paintings together is a special opportunity because they will be exhibited with other Titian masterpieces representing “Beauty” as for example the fascinating “Flora”, one of the Titian’s most amazing paintings, which will be an exceptional loan by the Uffizi Gallery. The curators of the exhibition are emeritus Professor Lionello Puppi, one the greatest experts of Modern Art, recognized worldwide and Professor Serena Baccaglini, who was dedicated all her life to organise art exhibitions all over the world. (see p. 15)

Tiziano Vecelli: Woman at her Toilet, National Gallery in Prague

CONCERT CYCLE “PRAGUE CASTLE MUSIC 2015” St. Wenceslas concert of Music of the Castle Guard and Police The concert is part of the Prague Castle’s music series St. Vitus Cathedral • 27/9/2015, 6 pm Kühn mixed choir, Marek Vorlíček – conductor Music of the Castle Guard and Police Col. Václav Blahunek, Col. Jiří Kubík – conductors The Opening Concert of the Bohuslav Martinů Days Festival 22 November 2015, 6 pm, Spanish Hall Music by Bohuslav Martinů, Jožka Matěj, Otmar Mácha, Jiří Teml Petr Nouzovský – violoncello The Prague Castle Guard and the Police of the Czech Republic Band Col. Václav Blahunek – chief conductor Changes possible. For more info, please, go to: www.kulturanahrade.cz

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Within the Czech Republic, the use of highways and speedways by motor vehicles with at least four wheels or vehicles plus trailers is from 1995 subject to a fee. A proof of payment of the fee is a 2part stickers. Part one of the sticker is to be stuck inside windscreen. Part two of the sticker is to be retained. Sales points: border crossings, filling stations, post offices. Validity and prices of the coupons: Annual – from 1. 12. 2014 to 31. 1. 2016. 1500 CZK (motor vehicle with total weight up to 3.5 tons). Coupon for 1 month: 440 CZK; 10 days: 310 CZK. In total weight of the motor vehicle above 3.5 tons: these vehicles are liable to electronic toll system.

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Unforgettable views of Prague offer the following spots: Smetanovo nábřeží – Novotného lávka • Tower of the Old-Town Hall • Powder Tower • Old-Town and Lesser-Town Bridge Towers • Tower of St Vitus’ Cathedral • Ramp at Hradčany square • Petřín Observation Tower • Letenský park by Hanavský pavillion • Žižkov TV Tower in Mahler park • Vyšehrad • St. Nicholas Church Bell Tower

Area: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496 km Population: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 261 715 (30. 3. 2015) Situation: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50°05'19" latitude N • 14°25'17" longitude E 235 m (average) height above sea level The very beginning of history: . . . . . . . . . . . 9 century – foundation of Prague Castle Historical parts: . . . . . . . Old Town, New Town, Vyšehrad, Hradčany and Lesser Town Administrative division: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 administrative areas, 57 city quarters operated by municipal authorities Vltava River: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . in Prague territory 30 km, the widest 330 m, 9 islands, 18 bridges Number of spires: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . about 500 Parks and gardens: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 870 ha

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Day of the Re-establishment of the Independent Czech State 27–28/3/2016 Easter 1 May Labour Day 8 May Liberation Day (1945) 5 July The Slavic Missionaries Saints Constantine and Methodius Day 6 July Day of the Burning of Master John Hus at the Stake (1415)

1 January

28 September Day of the Czech Statehood 28 October Day of the Establishment of the Independent Czechoslovakia 17 November Day of the Struggle for Freedom and Democracy 24 December Christmas Eve 25 December Christmas 26 December Christmas

Public Holidays in the Czech Republic

Quarter • Street/Square • Telephone • Fax Open XI–III 1 • Staroměstské nám. 1, (Old-Town Hall) • 221 714 444 ❶–❼ 9 a.m.–7 p.m. Guides: 236 002 562 • 236 002 569 1 • Rytířská 31 • 221 714 444 ❶–❼ 10 a.m.–6 p.m. 6 • Prague Airport, Terminal 2 ❶–❼ 8 a.m.–8 p.m. 1 • Lesser-Town Bridge Towers • 221 714 444 Tourist services and information of Prague and the Czech Republic, Prague Card – four days ticket for more than 50 monuments, etc. Information Centre of Prague Castle 1 • 3rd Courtyard • 224 372 434 • 224 372 435 ❶–❼ 9 a.m.–4 p.m. ❶–❼ 9 a.m.–4 p.m. (see p. 48–49) 1 • 2nd Courtyard • 224 372 423, 419 Service of guides for all the Prague Castle monuments e-mail: tourist.info@hrad.cz; www.hrad.cz CzechTourism 2 • Vinohradská 46 • 221 580 611-2 ❶–❺ 8:30 a.m.–noon, 1 p.m.–4 p.m. (see p. 8–11) 1 • Old-Town Square 5 • 224 861 476 • 224 861 587 ❶–❺ 9 a.m.–6 p.m. ❻❼ 10 a.m.–3 p.m. www.czechtourism.cz Information of the Czech Republic www.czechtourism.com

Name Prague City Tourism (PIS) www.prague.eu

Tourist Information Centres • Guides

TOURISTINFORMATION

3 – 16 October 2015

3 October 2015

19 – 20 September 2015

18 – 19 September 2015

17 – 24 September 2015

12 – 13 September 2015

8 – 23 September 2015

5 – 13 September 2015

5 September 2015

In progress until December 2015

Term 1 January – 31 December 2015

Name Pilsen – European Cultural Capital 2015 – theater performances, concerts, festivals, new circus, exhibitions, and other cultural projects throughout the year; www.plzen2015.cz Art Nouveau – vital art 1900 Top-class artworks from the Czech and European Art Nouveau, from the collections of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague; www.obecnidum.cz Birell Grand Prix Prague 2015 – the 20th edition of a race through Prague by night, for the best world racers and amateur runners – women, men and teams www.runczech.com EHD – European Heritage Days – an annual opportunity to visit landmarks otherwise closed to the public; www.historickasidla.cz Dvořák Prague Festival 2015 – the 8th edition of this international music festival featuring the Czech Philharmonic, the Phiharmonia Orchestra London with Christoph von Dohányi, and other ensembles and soloists. www.dvorakovapraha.cz Moravian Slovakia festival of wine and open landmarks – a celebration of wine, tradition and folk culture. www.slavnostivinauh.cz Dvořák’s Autumn in Karlový Vary – 57th edition – one of the oldest European festivals of Classical music honoring the work of composer Antonín Dvořák, and commemorating his stay at the spa town of Karlovy Vary. www.karlovy-vary.cz Zlatá přilba (Golden Helmet) – 67th edition – this year’s motorcycle speed races include the FIM speedway U-21 World Championship Finals; www.zlataprilba.cz NATO Days and Days of the Czech Air Forces – 15th edition – the biggest European show of warplanes and ground war machines. www.natodays.cz Pilsner Fest 2015 – a celebration of the first batch of Pilsner lager (brewed on 5 October 1842) www.prazdrovisit.cz Moravský podzim (Moravian Autumn) 2015 – 48th edition – International festival of Classical music, with the participation of Czech and international stars of the genre: Czech Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the pianist Simon Trpčeski, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra and Collin Curie, the best percussionist in the world, and others. www.mhfbrno.cz

Leoš Janáček Airport Ostrava, North Moravia Pilsner Urquell Brewery U Prazdroje 7, Pilsen, West Bohemia (see p. 9, 96–97) Brno, South Moravia (see p. 103)

Pardubice, Eastern Bohemia, Speedway stadium

Karlovy Vary, West Bohemia

Uherské Hradiště, Eastern Moravia

Start at the náměstí Republiky at 7:30 pm (10 km); (6 pm, women, 5 km) Prague Castles, châteaux, and other landmarks in all regions throughout the Czech Republic Rudolphinum, St Agnes Convent, St Vitus Cathedral

Place Pilsen, West Bohemia (see p. 6–7, 96–99) Municipal House, Náměstí Republiky 5, Prague 1

CULTURALANDSPORTSEVENTSINPRAGUEANDOTHERCZECHCITIESSEPTEMBER – NOVEMBER2015

Chris Botti and orchestra in Prague – the concert of this American trumpetist, winner of the Grammy award, is a highly anticipated jazz event of this year. Tickets at: www.ticketpro.cz Designblock – design days in Prague – presenting jewelery, fashion and utility design together with Czech and foreign artists and producers. The biggest design show in Central Europe. www.designblock.cz Sense of Arts – an exhibition presenting the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic as a collector and patron of the arts; one of the projects celebrating the 125th anniversary of its foundation; www.cas.cz Rudolf Firkušný Piano Festival – 3rd edition – a tribute to the most famous Czech pianist of the last century (1912–1994). Performing: Yefim Bronfman (30/10), Grigorij Sokolov (1/11), Igor Ardašev (5/11) and Khatia Buniatishvili (7/11); www.firkusny.cz Tickets at: www.rezervace.colosseum.cz/firkusny Brit Floyd – Space and Time World Tour 2015 Tickets at: www.ticketpro.cz Transmission Prague 2015 – a massive show on a 1000 m2 stage, Function One Sound System, quality lasers, LED screens hundreds of square metres large, piro-effects. Tickets at: www.ticketportal.cz GIBU Fight Night 2 – 2nd edition – gala evening of combat sports with the presence of Czech and international stars. Tickets at: https://vstupenky.ticketart.cz/sport Jizerská 50 – 49th edition – the most popular classic style cross-country ski race in the Czech Republic, for amateur and professionals, included since 1999 in Worldloppet’s Long Distance Cross-Country Skiing World League. The fifty kilometre track goes through the Jizera Mountains in North-east Bohemia, starting at the ski centre in Bedřichov. www.jiz50.cz Best of Broadway – The Czech Philharmonic plays the most famous tunes of musicals www.ceskafilharmonie.cz

21 October 2015

2, 3 and 4 February 2016

8 – 10 January 2016

5 December 2015

21 November 2015

4 November 2015

30 October, 1, 5 and 7 November 2015

22 October 2015 – 10 January 2016

22 – 27 October 2015

15 – 18 October 2015

Name Struny podzimu (Autumn Strings) 2015 – 20th edition of an international music festival that brings together seemingly disparate genres and the most outstanding figures of the contemporary international music scene. www.strunypodzimu.cz Signal – festival of light – 3rd edition – outdoor light installations, architectural video mapping.

Term 5 October – 19 November 2015

Prague, O2 Arena, Českomoravská 2345/17, Prague 9 (2 February, 2016) Brno, South Moravia, DRFG Arena (3 February, 2016) Ostrava, North Moravia, ČEZ Arena (4 February, 2016)

North-east Bohemia Jizerské Mountains, Bedřichov

Prague, Tipsport Arena, Prague 7, Za elektrárnou 419/1

Prague, O2 Arena, Českomoravská 2345/17, Prague 9

Prague, Rudolfinum (see p. 3, 16–17)

Prague, National Gallery, Salmovský Palace

Prague, art ateliers, exhibition halls and Výstaviště Prague – Holešovice

Prague, Old Town Square, U Hybernů Palace, Fruit Market, Kampa Island Prague, Congress Centre, Prague 4, 5 Května 65

Place Prague, Prague Castle’s Spanish Hall, Rudolfinum and other concert halls in Prague

Estates Theatre Image Black Light Theatre (see p. 63) Musical Theatre Karlin – www.hdk.cz Ta Fantastika Black Light Theatre (see p. 69)

Name National Theatre (see p. 24) Prague State Opera (see p. 24) Laterna magika (see p. 25)

Theatres

CZECH PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA (Česká filharmonie) PRAGUE TOURIST CENTER

Place PRAGUE INFORMATION SERVICE

Advance Booking

CULTURE

Stavovské divadlo Černé divadlo Image Hudební divadlo Karlín Černé divadlo TA Fantastika

Operetta, musical Clasical black light theatre performance

Original title Národní divadlo Státní opera Praha Laterna magika

Opera, drama Black light theatre, pantomime

Note – genre Opera, ballet, drama Opera, ballet The very first multimedia theatre in the world!

1 • náměstí Republiky 5 ☎ 222 002 101 www.obecnidum.cz ❶–❼ 10 a.m.–7 p.m. e-mail: info@obecnidum.cz BOHEMIA TICKET 1 • Na Příkopě 16 Tel/fax: 224 215 031 1 • Malé náměstí 13 ☎ 224 227 832 www.bohemiaticket.cz Fax: 224 218 167 SEE ALSO: www.ticketportal.cz; www.ticketstream.cz; www.sazkaticket.cz www.eventim.cz; http://vstupenky.ticket-art.cz

MUNICIPAL HOUSE (Obecní dům) (Culture and Information Centre)

Quarter • Street/Square Telephone • Fax 1 • Národní 2 224 901 448 • 224 931 544 1 • Wilsonova 4 224 227 266 • 224 212 243 1 • Národní 4 224 931 482 e-mail: novascena@narodni-divadlo.cz; www.novascena.cz, www.laterna.cz 1 • Ovocný trh 1 224 901 448 • 224 931 544 e-mail: image@imagetheatre.cz www.imagetheatre.cz 8 • Křižíkova 10 221 868 666 1 • Karlova 8 222 221 366 • 222 220 384 (sales on line: www.tafantastika.cz)

Quarter • Street/Square 1 • Old-Town Hall 1 • Lesser-Town Bridge Tower Charles Bridge (IV–X) 1 • Rytířská 31 1 • Alšovo nábřeží 12 ☎ 227 059 227 www.czechphilharmonic.com 1 • Rytířská 12 www.ticketpro.cz

The Custom House na Výtoni 2 • Rašínovo nábřeží 412 History of water-rafting, boats and steamboats on the river Vltava Ctěnice Castle 9 • Bohdanečská 1 (see p. 14) e-mail: ctenice@muzeumprahy.cz

100

❷–❼ 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Exhibitions: ❷–❼ 10 a.m.–6 p.m. (IV–X) ❷–❺ 10 a.m.–4 p.m. (XI–III) ❻❼ 10 a.m.–6 p.m. (XI–III)

❷❹+❻❼ (by previous agreement only 10 a.m., noon–2 p.m., 4 p.m.) (XI–III) 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 13 p.m., 15 p.m., 17 p.m. (IV–X) ❷–❼ 10 a.m.–6 p.m.

300

286 001 366

❷–❼ 9 a.m.–6 p.m. (Every last Wednesday of the month 9 a.m.–8 p.m.)

120

❷❹–❼ 10 a.m.–6 p.m. ❸ 9 a.m.–6 p.m.

❶❸–❼ 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

100

❷–❼ 10 a.m.–1.30 p.m., 2 p.m.–5 p.m.

❸ 10 a.m.–4 p.m. ❹–❼ noon–6 p.m. ❶❸–❼ 10 a.m.–6 p.m.

Open ❶–❼ 10 a.m.–6 p.m. First Wednesday of every month 10 a.m.–8 p.m. ❷–❼ 10 a.m.–6 p.m.

120/60/190

50/30/80

Admission (CZK) 110

224 919 833

Quarter • Street/Square Telephone • Fax 1 • Vinohradská 1 224 497 111 • 222 246 047 www.nm.cz The National History Museum – Musaion 5 • Letohrádek Kinských 257 214 806 Traditional Czech culture Kinského zahrada 98; e-mail: narodopis@nm.cz Lapidárium Stone and sculpture monuments 7 • Výstaviště, pavilion 422 702 013 372 in the Czech lands, 11th till 19 th century (Prague Exhibition Grounds) The Czech Museum of Music 1 • Karmelitská 2/4 257 327 285 • 257 322 216 Permanent exhibition: Man/Instrument/Music e-mail: c.muzeum.hudby@nm.cz; www.nm.cz Antonín Dvořák Museum 2 • Ke Karlovu 20 224 918 013 (The Amerika baroque summerhouse) e-mail: a_dvorak_muzeum@nm.cz The Life and Work of Czech Composer Antonín Dvořák – permanent exhibition Bedřich Smetana Museum 1 • Novotného lávka 1 222 220 082 e-mail: b_smetana_muzeum@nm.cz The Life and Work of Czech Composer Bedřich Smetana – permanent exhibition Náprstek Museum 1 • Betlémské nám. 1 224 497 500 • 222 221 418 (Asian, African and American cultures) The City of Prague Museum 8 • Na Poříčí 52 224 816 772 (see p. 12–13 – Prague Towers) e-mail: muzeum@muzeumprahy.cz; www.muzeumprahy.cz Permanent exhibition: The history of Prague and its people from ancient times until 1784 Langweil’s Model of Prague made from paper 1826–1837, area 20 m 2 Villa Müller (Loos) 6 • Nad Hradním vodojemem 14 224 312 012 e-mail: vila.muller@muzeumprahy.cz; www.mullerovavila.cz

Name NATIONAL MUSEUM

Museums

Name Rudolfinum, Dvořák Hall – Czech Philharmonic Lichtenstein Palace, Martinů Hall Mirror Chapel of Clementinum National Museum – Historical stairs Congress Centre Prague St. Simon and St. Juda Church

Concert Halls

Quarter • Street/Square 1 • Alšovo nábřeží 12 1 • Malostranské nám. 13 1 • Klementinum 190 1 • Václavské nám. 68 4 • 5. května 65 1 • Dušní street

Telephone 227 059 227 257 534 206 www.ticketpro.cz 224 497 111 261 172 222 222 321 068

the sightseeing tours start at: ❶–❺ 11 a.m.–2 p.m. ❻❼ 10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m., 4 p.m. (duration 60 minutes)

❷–❼ 10 a.m.–6 p.m. (V–X) ❷–❼ 10 a.m.–6 p.m. ❻❼ 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. (VI+IX) ❷–❼ 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. (VII+VIII) ❶–❺ 9 a.m.–7 p.m. ❻❼ 10 a.m.–7 p.m. (1. 4.–14. 10.) ❶–❺ 9 a.m.–6 p.m. ❻❼ 10 a.m.–6 p.m. (15. 10.–31. 3.) ❷–❼ 9 a.m.–5 p.m. ❶–❼ 10 a.m.–7 p.m.

❶–❺+❼ 9 a.m.–5 p.m. (I–III, XI, XII) ❶–❺+❼ 9 a.m.–6 p.m. (IV–X) ❶–❼ 10 a.m.–6 p.m.

❷–❺ 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m. ❻❼ 10 a.m.–6 p.m. First Thursday of every month 9 a.m.–8 p.m. ❷ 10 a.m.–7 p.m. ❸–❼ 10 a.m.–6 p.m.

Open ❶–❼ 10 a.m.–6 p.m.

Spanish Hall 1 • Prague Castle 224 371 111 Municipal House-Smetana Hall (Obecní dům) 1 • náměstí Republiky 5 222 002 101 Information and ticket sales: Culture and Information Centre of the Municipal House nám. Republiky 5, 111 21 Prague 1 Open daily 10 a.m.–7 p.m., tel.: +420 222 002 101 e-mail: info@obecnidum.cz, www.obecnidum.cz

Quarter • Street/Square Telephone • Fax Admission (CZK) 1 • Jiřská 3, Prague Castle 233 312 925 275 e-mail: palace@lobkowicz.cz; www.lobkowiczevents.cz 7 • Kostelní 42 220 399 111 (101) 190 fax: 220 399 200 90 (Pensioners) The Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague 1 • 17. listopadu 2 251 093 111 • 251 093 296 120 www.upm.cz The Jewish Museum – reservation centre 1 • U Starého hřbitova 3a 222 317 191 • 222 317 181 290 www.jewishmuseum.cz Franz Kafka Museum 1 • Cihelná 2b 257 535 373 200 THE MILITARY HISTORY INSTITUTE PRAGUE – www.vhu.cz The Aviation Museum Kbely 9 • Mladoboleslavská 902 973 207 504, 973 204 900 free The Army Museum Prague Žižkov 3 • U Památníku 2 973 204 924 • 973 204 900 free The Military Technical Museum Lešany Lešany by Týnec n. Sázavou 973 204 900 free The Prague Towers Museum 1 • Jindřišská 224 232 429 • 261 223 499 110 (Jindřišská věž – Henry’s Tower) www.jindrisskavez.cz National Museum of Agriculture 7 • Kostelní 44 220 308 276 110 Gastronomy Museum 1 • Jakubská 12 273 130 533 180/140/390 e-mail: info@muzeumgastronomie.cz; www.muzeumgastronomie.cz The Old Wastewater Treatment Plant Museum 6 • Papírenská 6 608 330 024 275 (the site of old wastewater treatment plant) e-mail: staracistirna@gmail.com; www.staracistirna.cz

Name Lobkowicz Palace Museum (arts collections of the Lobkowicz family) National Technical Museum

TUESDAY

1 2 WEDNESDAY 3 THURSDAY 4 FRIDAY 5 SATURDAY 6 SUNDAY 8 TUESDAY 9 WEDNESDAY 10 THURSDAY 11 FRIDAY 12 SATURDAY 13 SUNDAY 15 TUESDAY 16 WEDNESDAY 17 THURSDAY

19:00 G. Verdi – MACBETH 19:00 G. Bizet – CARMEN 19:00 G. Puccini – TOSCA 19:00 G. Verdi – AIDA

19:00 Opera G. Verdi – LA TRAVIATA

19:00 W. A. Mozart Opera DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE 19:00 W. A. Mozart Opera DON GIOVANNI 19:00 W. A. Mozart Opera LE NOZZE DI FIGARO

19:00 W. A. Mozart Opera DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE

Opera 19:00 Ballet F. Schubert – VALMONT

Opera 19:00 W. A. Mozart Opera DON GIOVANNI Opera

Opera

19:00 Concert Opening concert 2015/2016 19:00 B. Smetana Opera 19:00 Opera THE BARTERED BRIDE G. Verdi – IL TROVATORE 19:00 Ballet L. Minkus – LA BAYADÈRE 19:00 Opera G. Verdi – NABUCCO 19:00 Opera 19:00, 14:00 Ballet G. Verdi – LA TRAVIATA L. Minkus – LA BAYADÈRE 19:00 Opera G. Puccini – TOSCA

19:00 Opera A. Dvořák – THE JACOBIN 19:00 Ballet Z. Matějů – KRABAT 19:00 Opera G. Bizet – CARMEN 19:00 Ballet Z. Matějů – KRABAT

SEPTEMBER

NATIONAL THEATRE PRAGUE STATE OPERA THEATRE OF ESTATES Národní tř. 2, Prague 1 Wilsonova 4, Prague 1 Ovocný trh 1, Prague 1 DATE www.narodni-divadlo.cz www.opera.cz www.stavovskedivadlo.cz

18 19 SATURDAY

1 2 FRIDAY

THURSDAY

THEATRE OF ESTATES

Opera 19:00 P. I. Tchaikovsky SWAN LAKE Ballet

19:00 Solo for Three Ballet BREL – VYSOTSKY – KRYL 19:00 Opera A. Dvořák – RUSALKA

19:00 G. Bizet – CARMEN

19:00 P. I. Tchaikovsky 19:00 W. A. Mozart Opera SWAN LAKE Ballet COSÌ FAN TUTTE 19:00 Opera 19:00 1. premiere Opera A. Dvořák – THE JACOBIN V. Bellini – NORMA

19:00 W. A. Mozart Opera DON GIOVANNI

19:00 W. A. Mozart Opera LE NOZZE DI FIGARO 19:00 Opera G. Verdi – MACBETH 19:00 B. Smetana Opera 19:00 Opera THE BARTERED BRIDE G. Puccini – LA BOHÈME 14:00, 19:00 Ballet 11:00, 17:00 E. Humperdinck 19:00 W. A. Mozart Opera BREL – VYSOTSKY – KRYL/ HÄNSEL UND GRETEL Opera DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE SOLO FOR THREE

OCTOBER

SUNDAY

27 28 MONDAY 29 TUESDAY 30 WEDNESDAY

SATURDAY

TUESDAY

22 23 WEDNESDAY 24 THURSDAY 25 FRIDAY

SUNDAY

FRIDAY

PRAGUE STATE OPERA

19:00 Opera G. Verdi – IL TROVATORE 19:00 P. I. Tchaikovsky SWAN LAKE Ballet 11:00 A. Dvořák Opera 11:00 P. I. Tchaikovsky THE DEVIL AND KATE OPERA IS FUN Opera 19:00 Opera 19:00 P. I. Tchaikovsky G. Bizet – CARMEN SWAN LAKE Ballet 19:00 Opera A. Dvořák – RUSALKA

DATE NATIONAL THEATRE

PRAGUECULTURALEVENTSPROGRAMMESEPTEMBER – NOVEMBER2015

12 MONDAY 13 TUESDAY 14 WEDNESDAY 15 THURSDAY 16 FRIDAY 17 SATURDAY 18 SUNDAY 20 TUESDAY 22 THURSDAY 23 FRIDAY

SUNDAY

3 SATURDAY 4 SUNDAY 5 MONDAY 7 WEDNESDAY 8 THURSDAY 9 FRIDAY 10 SATURDAY

PRAGUE STATE OPERA

19:00 1. premiere Opera I. Stravinsky – THE NIGHTINGALE/ P. I. Tchaikovsky – IOLANTA 19:00 Opera 19:00 2. premiere Opera G. Verdi – RIGOLETTO

19:00 Opera 19:00 Ballet A. Dvořák – RUSALKA L. Minkus – LA BAYADÈRE 19:00 Ballet L. Minkus – LA BAYADÈRE 19:00 G. Rossini Opera IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA 19:00 Ballet L. Minkus – LA BAYADÈRE 19:00 Opera A. Dvořák – THE JACOBIN

19:00 P. I. Tchaikovsky SWAN LAKE Ballet 19:00 2. premiere Opera V. Bellini – NORMA 19:30 Opening night Concert BUIKA (Strings of Autumn) 19:00 S. Prokofiev Ballet ROMEO AND JULIET 19:00 Opera 19:00 S. Prokofiev Ballet A. Dvořák – RUSALKA ROMEO AND JULIET 19:00 Opera G. Verdi – RIGOLETTO 19:00 G. Rossini Opera IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA 11:00 A. Dvořák Opera THE DEVIL AND KATE 19:00 B. Smetana Opera THE BARTERED BRIDE 19:00 Opera G. Bizet – CARMEN

DATE NATIONAL THEATRE

19:00 W. A. Mozart Opera LE NOZZE DI FIGARO

19:00 W. A. Mozart Opera DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE

19:00 W. A. Mozart Ballet DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE 19:00 Ballet F. Schubert – VALMONT

19:00 W. A. Mozart Opera DON GIOVANNI

THEATRE OF ESTATES

19:00 Solo for Three Ballet BREL – VYSOTSKY – KRYL 19:00 Opera B. Smetana – LIBUŠE 19:00 Opera G. Verdi – LA TRAVIATA 19:00 L. Janáček Opera THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN

19:00 S. Prokofiev Ballet ROMEO AND JULIET 11:00 B. Smetana, A. Dvořák OPERA IS FUN Opera 19:00 Opera THE BARTERED BRIDE

3 5 THURSDAY 6 FRIDAY 7 SATURDAY 8 SUNDAY 9 MONDAY 11 WEDNESDAY 12 THURSDAY TUESDAY

1 SUNDAY

19:00 Opera G. Verdi – RIGOLETTO 15:00 Ballet L. Minkus – LA BAYADÈRE

PRAGUE STATE OPERA

19:00 M. P. Musorgsky 19:00 G. Rossini Opera BORIS GODUNOV Opera IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA 19:00 S. Prokofiev Ballet ROMEO AND JULIET 19:00 Concert 19:00 S. Prokofiev Opera GALA CONCERT THE FIERY ANGEL 19:00 Opera A. Dvořák – RUSALKA 19:00 Opera A. Dvořák – RUSALKA 19:00 M. P. Musorgsky 19:00 Opera BORIS GODUNOV Opera G. Verdi – IL TROVATORE

19:00 Opera I. Stravinsky – THE NIGHTINGALE / P. I. Tchaikovsky – IOLANTA 19:00 Ballet Z. Matějů – KRABAT

NOVEMBER

TUESDAY

26 27 TUESDAY 28 WEDNESDAY 30 FRIDAY 31 SATURDAY

SUNDAY

24 SATURDAY

DATE NATIONAL THEATRE

19:00 W. A. Mozart Opera COSÌ FAN TUTTE

19:00 W. A. Mozart Opera LE NOZZE DI FIGARO

19:00 W. A. Mozart Opera DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE

19:00 W. A. Mozart Opera DON GIOVANNI

THEATRE OF ESTATES

FRIDAY

27 29 SUNDAY 30 MONDAY

WEDNESDAY

SATURDAY

21 22 SUNDAY 23 MONDAY 24 TUESDAY

FRIDAY

TUESDAY

17 18 WEDNESDAY 19 THURSDAY

SUNDAY

14 SATURDAY

13 FRIDAY

19:00 Opera G. Puccini – LA BOHÈME 20:00 Opera R. Strauss – SALOME

PRAGUE STATE OPERA

THEATRE OF ESTATES

19:00 Opera 11:00 C. Monteverdi Opera G. Verdi – NABUCCO OPERA IS FUN 19:00 W. A. Mozart Opera DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE 19:00 Opera R. Strauss – SALOME 19:00 Opera 20:00 W. A. Mozart Opera V. Bellini – NORMA DON GIOVANNI 19:00 Opera 19:00 Opera A. Dvořák – RUSALKA G. Puccini – LA BOHÈME 19:00 Opera 19:00 Opera I. Stravinsky A. Boito – MEFISTOFELE THE NIGHTINGALE / P. I. Tchaikovsky – IOLANTA 14:00, 19:00 L. Janáček Opera 19:00 Opera THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN G. Bizet – CARMEN 14:00 Opera 19:00 HOMMAGE Concert V. Bellini – NORMA À JAN DISMAS ZELENKA 19:00 Opera G. Bizet – CARMEN 19:00 Opera 19:00 W. A. Mozart Opera G. Verdi – MACBETH LE NOZZE DI FIGARO 19:00 Opera 19:00 Opera I. Stravinsky G. Puccini – TOSCA THE NIGHTINGALE / P. I. Tchaikovsky – IOLANTA 19:00 B. Smetana Opera THE BARTERED BRIDE 11:00 Concert 19:00 Opera ADVENT CONCERT G. Verdi – RIGOLETTO 20:00 Opera G. Verdi – LA TRAVIATA

19:00 Opera G. Verdi – LA TRAVIATA 11:00 A. Dvořák Opera THE DEVIL AND KATE 19:00 Opera A. Dvořák – THE JACOBIN

DATE NATIONAL THEATRE

BLACK BOX: 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27/11

(see p. 25) Národní tř. 4, Prague 1, at 8 pm, www.laterna.cz

NOVEMBER

OCTOBER

AS FAR AS I SEE: 29 (5 pm), 30/11 (10 am) EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGES OF JULES VERNE: 13, 14/11 (5 pm + 8 pm) COCKTAIL 012 – THE BEST OF: 27 (7.30 pm), 28/11 WONDERFUL CIRCUS: 6, 7/11

AS FAR AS I SEE: 11/10 (5 pm), 12/10 (10 am) COCKTAIL 012 –THE BEST OF: 1, 23, 24, 30, 31/10 HUMAN LOKOMOTION: 9, 10/10 WONDERFUL CIRCUS: 15, 16, 17/10 (2 pm + 8 pm)

AS FAR AS I SEE: 20/9 (5 pm) EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGES OF JULES VERNE: 24, 25/9 SEPTEMBER HUMAN LOKOMOTION: 2, 4, 5/9 LEGENDS OF MAGIC PRAGUE: 10, 11, 12/9 WONDERFUL CIRCUS: 19/9

LATERNA MAGIKA

Daily at 8 pm except 10/12

NOVEMBER THE BEST OF IMAGE: 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30/11

OCTOBER

Daily

BLACK BOX: 1 (+ 6 pm), 2, 7 (+ 6 pm), 8, 9, 14 (+ 6 pm), 16, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30/10 THE BEST OF IMAGE: 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20 (+ 6 pm), 24, 25, 26, 27, 31/10 Daily at 8 pm except 12/10 and 15/10

19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29/9

BLACK BOX: 2, 3, 4, 9 (+ 6 pm), 10, 11, 16 (+ 6 pm), 17 (+ 6 pm), 18, 23, 24, 25, 30/9

SEPTEMBER THE BEST OF IMAGE: 1, 5 (+ 6 pm.), 6, 7, 8 (+ 6 pm), 12, 13, 14, 15 (+ 6 pm),

IMAGE THEATRE (see p. 63) Betlémská 5, Prague 1, at 8 pm, www.imagetheatre.cz

BLACK LIGHT THEATRES

Karlova 8, Prague 1 predprodej@tafantastika.cz On LINE SALES: www.tafantastika.cz

“Aspects of Alice” is a classical Black Light Theatre performance based on motifs of “Alice in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll. Audiences in more than 30 countries on three continents have admired this theatrical performance for its imaginativeness, poetics, and perfect technical tricks. With a help of your imagination, Alice will go through all the beautiful and sweet moments of maturing, first loves, awakening adultery, knowledge of life, laughs, tears, joy, and sorrow. All of it takes place against the background of ancient Prague, its architectural jewels, its rich history, and Prague as a crossroads of Christian and Jewish cultures. Large-screen projections, animated film, puppets, unique on-stage tricks, black theatre effects, beautiful contemporary and classical music, and your imagination unite in a breathtaking show unseen in any other theatre.

Daily at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

BLACK LIGHT THEATRE

Prague Castle Riding School (Jízdárna Pražského hradu)

1 • Prague Castle

❶–❼ 9 a.m.–5 p.m.

100/70/40 140

150/80/200

Wallenstein Riding School 1 • Valdštejnská 3 ❷–❼ 10 a.m.–6 p.m. (Valdštejnská jízdárna) ▼ PRAG UE CAS TL E – E xhibitio n ha lls – see p ag es 48 –4 9: Old Royal Palace 1 • Prague Castle ❶–❼ 9 a.m.–5 p.m. (Starý královský palác)

200/100/250

150/80/200

150/80/200 50/30/70

❷–❼ 10 a.m.–6 p.m.

150/80/200

Admission (CZK)

❷–❼ 10 a.m.–6 p.m.

1 • Staroměstské náměstí 12

Kinsky Palace (Palác Kinských)

1 • Hradčanské náměstí

Salm Palace (Salmovský palác)

7 • Dukelských hrdinů 47

1 • Hradčanské nám. 2

Schwarzenberg Palace (Schwarzenberský palác)

Trade Fair Palace (Veletržní palác)

1 • Hradčanské náměstí 15

Sternberg Palace (Šternberský palác)

Name Quarter • Street/Square Open ▼ NAT ION AL GAL L ER Y – P erman en t collections and Exhib itions– www.ngprague.cz Convent of St. Agnes of Bohemia 1 • U Milosrdných 17 ❷–❼ 10 a.m.–6 p.m. (Anežský klášter)

Galleries and Exhibitions

Permanent exhibition: Gothic floor: The Story of Prague Castle The Theresian Wing The Legacy of Charlemagne – the travelling exhibition is a part of the project “The Cradles of European Culture” (17 July – 14 October 2015) My Homeland – A Tribute to Czech Landscape Painting (4 September – 1 November 2015) (see p. 18–19, 49)

Medieval Art in Bohemia and Central Europe (Permanent exhibition) Master of Hohenfurth – The Vyšší Brod set of nine panel pictures Mysterious Distances, Symbolism in Bohemian Lands 1880–1914 – In cooperation with the Olomouc Museum of Arts (20 March – 27 September 2015) European Art from the Classical Era to the Close of the Baroque (Permanent exhibition) Austrian and German Art of the Second Half of the 19th Century Baroque in Bohemia (Permanent exhibition) The Admired Nicolas Poussin. His Work in three Centuries of Graphic Art (28 July – 18 October 2015) (see p. 22) Permanent exhibition: Art of the 19th Century, from Neoclassicism to Romanticism. Exhibition: A Sense of Art (23 October 2015 – 10 January 2016) (see p. 23) Permanent exhibition Art of the 19th, 20th and 21th Centuries Sekal Studio (20 February – 31 December 2015) Artists and Prophets – Schiele, Hundertwasser, Kupka, Beuys and Others – in cooperation with the Schirm Kunsthalle Frankfurt (21 July – 25 October 2015) (see p. 22) Permanent exhibition: Art of Asia The Hidden Speech of Plants – Floral Symbolic in Asian art and its reflection in contemporary art (12 June 2015 – 3 January 2016) No Borders, Art in the Ore Mountains 1250–1550 (27 November 2015 – 28 March 2016) (see p. 23)

Note

1 • U Sovových mlýnů 503/2

1 • Týnská 6

The House at Golden Ring (Dům U Zlatého prstenu)

▼ OT HE R GAL LE RIE S Kampa Museum – Sova’s Mills www.museumkampa.cz

7 • U Trojského zámku 1

Troja Chateau

❶–❼ 10 a.m.–6 p.m.

❷–❼ 10 a.m.–6 p.m.

❷–❼ 10 a.m.–6 p.m. (IV–X) ❺ 1 p.m.–6 p.m. ❸+❼ 10 a.m.–6 p.m. (XI–III) ❷–❼ 10 a.m.–6 p.m. ❺ 1 p.m.–6 p.m., in winter closed

❷–❼ 10 a.m.–6 p.m.

1 • Mariánské nám. 1

6 • Mickiewiczova 1

❷–❼ 10 a.m.–8 p.m.

1 • Staroměstské nám. 13

Bílek Villa (Bílkova vila)

The House at the Stone Bell (Dům U Kamenného zvonu) Municipal Library, 2nd floor (Městská knihovna)

Name Quarter • Street/Square Open ▼ PRAG UE CAS TL E – E xhibitio n ha lls – see p ag es 48 –4 9: Prague Castle Picture Gallery 1 • Prague Castle ❶–❼ 9 a.m.–6 p.m. (IV–X) (Obrazárna Pražského hradu) 9 a.m.–4 p.m. (XI–III) The Imperial Stables 1 • Prague Castle ❷–❼ 10 a.m.–6 p.m. (Císařská konírna) St. Georg Convent 1 • Prague Castle ❷–❼ 10 a.m.–6 p.m. (Jiřský klášter) ▼ CIT Y GAL LE RY PRAG UE – h ttp ://ww w .citygalleryprague.cz Trade Fair Palace (Veletržní palác) 7 • Dukelských hrdinů 47 ❷–❼ 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Colloredo-Mansfeld Palace 1 • Karlova 2 ❷–❼ 10 a.m.–6 p.m. (Colloredo-Mansfeldský palác)

220/110

120/60

120/60/250

120/60

Permanent exhibition: The Central European Modern Art Collection Kamil Lhoták (17 July – 18 October 2015)

Václav Cigler – Here and Now – Cigler is a pioneer in the introduction of glass art (5 May – 1 November 2015) (see p. 20) From Makeshift to Fad: Artistic Cast Ironwork from the Collection of the City of Prague Museum (5 May – 11 November 2015) (see p. 20) Art from 2nd half of the 20th century and contemporary art – a long-term exhibition – After Velvet Eden – Koblasa’s Land (Works donated by the artist) (till 4 October 2015)

Alfons Mucha: The Slav Epic Sightseeing tour – permanent exhibition Pandora’s Vox/ Veronika Holcová, Klara Kristalova, Sandra Vásquez de la Horra (15 July – 1 November 2015) (see p. 21) Milota Havránková: Milota (2 October 2015 – 17 January 2016) (see p. 21) Ján Mančuška – First Retrospective – the exhibition of one of the bey figures of Czech contemporary Art (17 June – 11 October 2015) Permanent exhibition: The interior of the villa and works by F. Bílek, an Art Nouveau symbolist

180/90/240 120/60

100/50/200

120/60/240

Permanent exhibition. Alice Masaryková (1879–1966) and Support for the Arts (7 August – 7 November 2015) (see p. 49) Tiziano – Vanitas. The Poet of the Image and the Shade of Beauty (23 September 2015 – 17 January 2016) (see p. 15, 49) Historical Sights of my Region – 9th edition of the Architecture Week (17 August – 18 October 2015)

Note

100/50/200

Admission (CZK)

Meloun (music club) Reduta Jazz Club (founded in 1958) Rock Café (music club) Roxy (music club) Ungelt Jazz & Blues Club Vagon (music club)

1 • Dlouhá 33 1 • Týnská ulička 2 1 • Národní 25

1 • Národní 20

1 • Národní 10

1 • Uhelný trh 9

Double Trouble 1 • Melantrichova 17 (Show music bar) Duplex (disko club) 1 • Václavské nám. 21 Futurum Music Bar 5 • Zborovská 7 Charles Bridge Jazz 1 • Saská 3 and Blues Club (music club, live music) Jazz Dock 5 • Janáčkovo nábř. 2 (jazz and blues, café) Jazz Club U Staré paní 1 • Michalská 9 Karlovy Lázně 1 • Novotného lávka (music café, discotheque) Klub Lávka 1 • Novotného lávka 1 (music club, garden restaurant) Lucerna Music Bar 1 • Vodičkova 36

Open – days, hours ❶–❼ modern jazz 9 p.m.–midnight ❶–❼ 11 a.m.–01 a.m. Live music (every day 8 p.m.–11 p.m.) ❼–❹ 8 p.m.–4 a.m. ❺❻ 8 p.m.–5 a.m. ❸–❻ 10 p.m.–5 a.m. ❶–❼ 8 p.m.–1 a.m. ❶–❼ 8 p.m.–midnight

224 933 947 ❶–❺ 10 a.m.–3 a.m. ❻ 5 p.m.–3 a.m. ❼ 5 p.m.–01 a.m. 602 691 015 ❶–❼ programme from 8 p.m. 224 895 748 ❶–❼ 7:30 p.m.–midnight 733 737 301 ❶–❻ 7 p.m.–5 a.m. ❼ 7 p.m.–01 a.m.

224 217 108 ❶–❼ 8 p.m.–3 a.m. every ❺❻ pop music ’80 and ’90 724 010 307 ❸❹ 8 p.m.–4 a.m. ❺❻ 8 p.m.–5 a.m. 224 933 487 ❶–❼ from 9 p.m.

221 082 278 ❶–❼ 24 hours

774 058 838 ❶–❸ 5 p.m.–4 a.m. ❹–❼ 3 p.m.–4 a.m. 605 285 211 ❶–❼ 7 p.m.–2 a.m. 222 220 502 ❶–❼ 9 p.m.–5 a.m.

732 221 111 257 328 571 602 208 811

221 632 414

Name Quarter • Street/Square Telephone Agharta (Jazz club) 1 • Železná 16 222 211 275 (see p. 72) e-mail: info@agharta.cz; www.agharta.cz Bílý koníček 1 • Staroměstské n. 20 221 421 160 (Jazz club, Restaurant) e-mail: rezervace@bilykonicek.com

MUSIC CLUBS

JUST 99 METRES FROM THE OLDTOWN SQUARE

MAKE A STOP HERE FOR A PERFECT JAZZ NIGHT OUT

LIVE MUSIC DAILY FROM 9 P.M. • jazz club & bar daily 7 p.m.–1 a.m.

When visiting Prague, make sure you experience: the ultimate atmosphere of a historic basement dating back to the 14th century affordable prices for beverages, including Original AghaRTA mixed drinks world famous Pilsner Urquell Lager beer on tap a CD store with a complete collection of Czech jazz artists and a wide selection of international recordings AghaRTA T-shirts designed by Jiří Votruba a first-rate local jazz band show

THE MOST POPULAR JAZZ VENUE IN DOWNTOWN PRAGUE

☎ 112 ☎ 155

Quarter • Street/Square ☎ Ambulance Meditrans International transport of injured and ill persones by ambulance and air plane – 4 • Modřanská 307/98 nonstop 124 12; 244 471 072 Pharmacy with emergency service 1 • Palackého 5 – nonstop 224 946 982 2 • Belgická 37 – nonstop 222 513 396 Pharmacy – Hospital Thomayerova 4 • Vídeňská 800 (Krč) – open: nonstop 261 084 019 Pharmacy – Hospital Motol 5 • V Úvalu 84 – open: Mo–Fri 8 a.m.–4 p.m. (the blue building), nonstop (the building of directorate) 224 435 714, 224 435 736 Pharmacy BENU 6 • Vítězné náměstí 13 – open: Mo–Fri 8 a.m.–8 p.m., Sa 8 a.m.–7 p.m., Su 9 a.m.–7 p.m., then emergency service till 8 a.m. 224 325 520 Pharmacy BENU 7 • Františka Křížka 22 – open: Mo–Fri 8 a.m.–7 p.m., Sa 8 a.m.–1 p.m., then emergency service till 8 a.m. 731 638 010 Královské Vinohrady Hospital Pharmacy 10 • Vinohrady, Šrobárova 50 – open: Mo–Fri 7:30 a.m.–6 p.m., Sa–Su 7:30 a.m.–noon., 00:30 p.m.–4 p.m. 267 162 823 First Aid 1 • Spálená 12 (New Town) 222 924 295 4 • Vídeňská 800 (Hospital Thomayerova) 261 082 520 5 • V Úvalu 84/1 (Hospital Motol), Foreign Department 224 433 682, 224 433 681 6 • U Vojenské nemocnice 1200 (Hospital Vojenská), building CH 2 973 203 571 8 • Budínova 2 (Hospital Bulovka) 266 083 301 10 • Šrobárova 50 (Hospital Vinohradská) 267 161 111, 267 162 312 Stomatological First Aid 1 • Spálená 12 – open: Mo–Thu 7 p.m.–6 a.m., Fri 4 p.m.–6 a.m., Sa–Su nonstop 222 924 268

Emergency call First aid service

The medical treatment or any other medical care for foreigners is executed at the respective health centres nearest to the hotel or the place of accommodation. The treatment is done under contract prices in CZK. Patients to receive receipts for insurance companies in their own countries.

Health care

Tram No: 3, 9, 14, 24 – Václavské náměstí Metro – Line A, B – Můstek stop Line C – Muzeum stop

All Major Credit Cards Accepted

www.doctor-prague.cz e-mail: info@doctor-prague.cz

3rd schodiště (entrance), 2nd floor

Vodičkova 28, Prague 1

24 HRS SERVICE 603 433 833

“Home Care Abroad”

All Branches of Medicine

HEALTH CENTRE PRAGUE

English and Other Languages Western Standard Medical Assistance

The maximum prices for taxi services in the district of the capital city of Prague: Fare for 1 km . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 CZK Basic fee for one ride . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 CZK Waiting time for 1 minute . . . . . . . . . . 6 CZK Taxis ordered throught the Dispatcher are cheaper. The driver is obliged to issue a receipt. The fare must be marked inside and outside the car.

Taxi

Ticket prices: Basic ticket valid 90 minutes: 32 CZK, children 6–15 years of age 16 CZK. Short-term ticket valid 30 minutes: 24 CZK, children 12 CZK.

AAA Radiotaxi . . . . . . ☎ 140 14, 222 333 222 (see p. 75) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729 331 133 Taxi – Praha. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 111 000 City Taxi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 257 257 Halotaxi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 114 411 Profi Taxi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 15 Speed Cars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 234 234

Internet: www.dpp.cz Magistrát – Prague 1, Jungmannova 29 Mon–Fri 7 a.m.– 6 p.m.

Transport Inquiries Tel.: 296 191 817, daily 7 a.m.–9 p.m. Underground lines A and C, station MUZEUM, daily 7 a.m.–9 p.m. Underground line C, station HLAVNÍ NÁDRAŽÍ, daily 7 a.m.–9 p.m. Underground line B, station ANDĚL, Mon–Fri 7 a.m.–9 p.m., Sa 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Airport Ruzyně, Terminal I, Terminal II, daily 7 a.m.–9 p.m.

Other bus stations in Prague Na Knížecí (Underground line B, Anděl stop) 5 • Nádražní Roztyly (Underground line C, Roztyly stop) 4 • Ryšavého Holešovice (Underground line C, Nádraží Holešovice stop) 7 • Partyzánská Černý Most (Underground line B, Černý Most stop) 9 • Chlumecká Želivského (Underground line A, Želivského stop) 3 • Želivského

all international trains (train and seat reservation tickets abroad, berths, sleeping wagons)

Main Railway Station (Hlavní nádraží) (Underground line C) 2 • Wilsonova 80 ☎ 840 112 113

Holešovice Railway Station (Underground line C) – 7 • Partyzánská

Smíchov Railway Station (Underground line B) – 5 • Nádražní

Masaryk Railway Station (Underground line B) – 1 • Hybernská

Information about train connections (in english, germain and russian) ☎ 221 111 122 (non-stop)

Train

Florenc Central Bus Station (Underground line B, C, Florenc stop) 8 • Křižíkova 4-6 ☎ nonstop 900 144 444 (14 CZK/1 min.)

Tickets and seat tickets abroad Eurolines (Florenc Central Bus Station) Call centre: 245 005 245, 602 387 672 E-mail: info@eurolines.cz On line sales: www.eurolines.cz

Information about bus connections (domestic and international) ☎ nonstop 900 144 444 (14 CZK/1 min.)

Buses link the capital city not only with individual parts of the Czech Republic but also with all of Europe. Regular lines run to all the significant places in the European Union as well as outside of it. The most important bus depot is the Florence Central Bus Station, which is located in the very centre of the city.

The tickets are available at some Underground stations, at Transport Inquiries, at shops selling newspapers and cigarettes (with inscription Tabák), at some groceries, at the reception desks, at some travel services, at yellow vending machines by the transport means stations. All lines of the underground operate from 5.00 a.m. till midnight. Tram and bus timetables are placed at all stops. Funicular [(Prague 5-Újezd), stop of trams 6, 9, 12, 20, 22, 23 – Nebozízek – Petřín)] operates from 9 a.m. till 11:30 p.m. (IV–X); from 9 a.m. till 11:20 p.m. (XI–III), daily. Transport fee and tickets are identical for all public transport means. (24 CZK/12 CZK).

Tourist tickets: 1 day – 110 CZK – child (6–15) – 55 CZK, 3 days – 310 CZK. The tickets valid 24, 72 hours.

Bus

TRANSPORT

☎ 112 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emergency call ☎ 150 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fire Brigade ☎ 155 . . . . . . . . . . . . Emergency medical aid ☎ 158 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Police ☎ 261 104 477 . . . . . . . . . . . Nonstop Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (for buses and camions) ☎ 1230 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonstop Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Road Assistance ☎ 800 290 291 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aaa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonstop technical service

Break-down? Accident?

Quarter • Street/Square Telephone AVIS 6 • Václav Havel Airport 235 362 420 BUDGET 1 • Main Railway Station 222 319 595 6 • Václav Havel Airport 220 113 253 CZECHOCAR CS a. s. 4 • 5. května 65 261 172 432 6 • Václav Havel Airport 220 113 454 EUROPCAR 6 • Václav Havel Airport 220 113 207 1 • E. Krásnohorské 9 232 000 600 HERZ 6 • Václav Havel Airport 225 345 021

Type/Name

Rent-a-Car

Postage prices: Domestic postcards 13 CZK. Local and domestic letters 13 CZK. Postcards in Europe 25 CZK. Letters (20 g) in Europe 25 CZK.

Post Office with customs office: Plzeňská 139, Praha 5, tel.: 257 019 111

The Post Office: Hybernská 15, Praha 1, tel.: 224 219 714

The General Post Office: Jindřišská 14, Praha 1, tel.: 221 131 445

Mail services in Prague are offered by 115 post offices in all parts of the city.

POSTTELEPHONE

Public Parking Garages – selection Praha 1, náměstí Jana Palacha Praha 1, Ostrovni (the National Theater) Praha 1, nám. Republiky 8 (Kotva department store) Praha 1, V Celnici 7 (Hotel Hilton Prague Old Town) Praha 1, V Celnici 10 (Millenium Plaza) Praha 1, náměstí Curieových 5 (InterContinental Hotel) Praha 1, Opletalova 9 (near Wenceslas Square) Praha 1, Wilsonova (Main Railway Station) Praha 1, nám. Republiky 1 (Palladium)

motorway tax: see page 50 it is forbidden to drink alcohol and drive headlights of motor vehicles must be turned on for 24 hours ● when driving, it is forbiden to make telephone calls unless you are using a hands-free set ● children under 36 kg and/or smaller than 150 cm of height must ride in safety seats ● drivers must yield to pedestrians on marked crossings

Czech transport regulations are mostly identic with those of other European countries. It is necessary to remember: ● keep right ● use safety belts (obligatory) ● the highest speed is 90 km/hr, in aglomeration only 50 km/hr ● on highway 130 km/hr ● the highest speed for motorcycles is 90 km/hr; in aglomeration 50 km/hr; on highway 130 km/hr

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Parking in prague

Car

International direct-dial calls: 00 + country code + respective telephone number.

Telephone cards are available at post office, at shops called “Tabák” or “Trafika”, at newspaper and cigarette kiosks, etc.

Telephone: International telephone numbers info: 1181 Information for Prague and Czech Republic numbers: 1180

Letters (20 g) and postcards for other continents (air mail) 30 CZK Information on postal services is available on: http://www.ceskaposta.cz

More info: www.dpp.cz/en/p-r-facilities

Praha 2, Wilsonova 77 (near State Opera) Praha 2, Vinohradská 151 (Flora) Praha 4, 5. května 65 (Congress Centre) Praha 6, Studentská 2 (Metro Station Dejvická) Selected Watched Car Parks (City, selection) Praha 1, Wilsonova (the Main Railway Station) Praha 1, Alšovo nábřeží Praha 1, Na Florenci Praha 1, Malostranské náměstí

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LEAVES EVERY 30 MINUTES TICKET CAN BE BOUGHT DIRECTLY FROM THE DRIVER

• NEXT TO METRO LINE B • • 40 METRES FROM NÁMĚSTÍ REPUBLIKY •

Bus stop – CITY CENTRE V CELNICI Street

Airport bus stop – Arrival terminals T1 exit F or T2 exit E

COMFORTABLE AND DIRECT TRANSPORT FROM PRAGUE AIRPORT TO THE CITY CENTRE OR BACK

REGULAR SHUTTLE BUS • AIRPORT ➟➟ CITY CENTRE

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Terminal 2 Terminal 2 Terminal 2 Terminal 1 Terminal 1 Terminal 2 Terminal 1, 2

Flying to Europa, Africa, America and Asia www.brusselsairlines.com Václav Havel Airport Prague tel.: +420 220 114 323, e-mail: infocz@brusselsairlines.com

ČSA (Czech Airlines) Internet: www.csa.cz Information, reservation and booking tickets: 1 • V Celnici 5 • Open: ❶–❺ 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Call centre nonstop: ☎ +420 239 007 007, call.centre@csa.cz Václav Havel Airport Prague – Ticketing service: CSA office, Terminal 1: CSA office, Terminal 2: Mon: 7 a.m.–0:30 a.m. Mon–Fri: 5 a.m.–10 p.m. Tue–Fri: 5 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Sat: 5 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Sat: 5 a.m.–1:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m.–0:30 a.m. Sun: 7 a.m.–10 p.m. Sun: 5 a.m.–0:30 p.m.

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Prague airport is situated in the suburb called Ruzyně, at north-west direction, approximately 20 km out of the centre. Except taxi and public transport – bus number 100 from Zličín underground stop, line B, number 119 from the nádraží Veleslavín underground stop, line A, number 191 from the Anděl underground stop, line B) or bus AE (Airport Express) from the Hlavní nádraží (Main Railway Station) underground stop, line C, you can also use a bus shuttle service CEDAZ (see p. 77) or AAA Radiotaxi (see p. 75).

Airplane – Václav Havel Airport Prague – www.prg.aero

Fax

2 • Chodská 32 604 281 334 222 511 662 Golf pakage deals 1 • Národní 28 221 105 325-9 221 105 320 e-mail: info@czech-holidays.cz; www.czech-holidays.cz 1 • Na Příkopě 18 221 447 242 224 216 324 e-mail: reservation@cedok.cz; www.cedok.com 2 • Jana Masaryka 39 222 521 700 222 521 701 1 • Rytířská 12 www.ticketpro.cz Sale of cultural tickets, maps and souvenirs

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1 • Malá Strana 257 533 322 U Zlaté Studně 166/4 e-mail: resturant@goldenwell.cz

1 • Malá Strana, Tržiště 23 257 532 461, 606 612 979 e-mail: info@baracnickarychta.cz Hybernia 1 • Hybernská 7 224 226 004, 777 344 005 e-mail: hybernia@hybernia.cz Lokál Dlouhá 1 • Dlouhá 33 222 316 265 e-mail: lokal@ambi.cz Malostranská Beseda 1 • Malostranské nám. 35/21 257 409 112 e-mail: puor@malostranska-beseda.cz Plzeňská restaurace 1 • náměstí Republiky 5 222 002 780 • 222 002 778 Restaurant Sarah Bernhardt 1 • U Obecního domu 1 222 195 195 (Hotel Paris) (see p. 83) e-mail: fboffice@hotel-paris.cz; www.sarah-bernhardt.cz T-Anker Sluneční terasa 1 • náměstí Republiky 8 722 445 474 e-mail: info@t-anker.cz

Baráčnická rychta

Aureole

Name Altány Kampa

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Restaurant and beer bar on the roof terrace of the Kotva department store, view of the Old Town, selection of Czech and inported beers, Czech and international cuisine Micherlin Star awarded luxurious restaurant, international cuisine, view of the historical part of Prague

❶–❼ 7 a.m.–11 p.m.

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Open – days, hours ❶–❼ 11 a.m.–midnight

Czech cuisine specialities, Pilsner beer Excellent French and Czech cuisine

Pisner Urquell Art Restaurant, Czech and international cuisine, cafe, open-air section, Pilsner Urquell on tap Czech cuisine prepared from fresh Czech ingredients, Pilsner Urquell on tap Pilsner Urquell Original Restaurant, Classical Czech cuisine

Traditional Czech cuisine, Pilsner Urquell and Svijany beers on tap

Characteristic • Note Czech and international cuisine, open-air grill, view of the Čertovka chanel on the river Vltava Michelin Star awarded Fusion Restaurant & Lounge on the 27th floor of the City Tower, the tallest building in Prague, European and Asian cuisine

More than 2,000 Prague restaurants and pubs invite you to taste good food and good drink. Do not hesitate to try “české knedlíky” (Czech dumplings), roast pork, fine sauces and delicate desserts decorated with whipped cream, and don’t forget to ask for a pint of well cooled beer or a glass of Moravian or Slovak wine. Of course you can try specialites from other countries, too. Enjoy it!

Restaurants • Taverns

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Let us invite you to Restaurant Parnas which is part of the complex Café & Restaurant Slavia a. s. You can dine in beautiful art deco style interior from the 1930s by candles and enjoy the breathtaking view of the Vltava river, Petrin, Charles Bridge and the Prague Castle. We offer Czech and International cuisine and also flambéed dishes. We serve a wide variety of Moravian and International wine. The pleasant atmosphere is underlined with romantic piano music played by our pianists. Restaurant Parnas Smetanovo nábřeží 1012/2 110 00 Praha 1 Tel.: +420 224 239 604 www.restaurantparnas.cz

PIVOVARSKÝ KLUB RESTAURANT AND BEER BOUTIQUE CZECH BAR AWARDS 2011 WINNER Open daily 11.30 a.m.–11.30 p.m. – 240+ beer brands in bottles – 6 beer brands on tap – Traditional Czech cuisine – Specialties prepared with beer – Pork knuckles – Treats from the oven and grill Křižíkova 17° 186 00 Prague 8 – Karlín Tel.: +420 222 315 777 pivoklub@iol.cz www.gastroinfo.cz/pivoklub

1 • Smetanovo nábřeží 1022 224 218 493 e-mail: info@cafeslavia.cz; www.cafeslavia.cz 1 • Staroměstské náměstí 22 221 632 522 1 • Ovocný trh 19 224 224 240

Café & Restaurant Slavia (see p. 87) Grand Café Praha Grand Café Orient

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Café Louvre (see p. 87) Café Montmartre

Quarter • Street/Square Telephone • Fax 1 • U Obecního domu 1 222 195 195 www.sarah-bernhardt.cz 1 • Štupratská 7 224 828 686 1 • Na Poříčí 15 246 011 440 e-mail: cafe@hotel-imperial; www.cafeimperial.cz 1 • Valdštejnské náměstí 3 257 010 412 fax: 257 010 411 1• Národní 22 224 930 949 www.cafelouvre.cz 1 • Řetězová 7 602 277 210

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View of the Old Town astronomical clock, home-made pastries First (in 1912) and last cubist café in the world

Café and restaurant opened in 1893, favorite cafe of Franz Kafka, close to the National Theatre and Kampa Centre of cultural and intellectual life, one of Prague’s legends

Founded in 1911, reopened 2000, specialty: home-made apple strudel

❶–❼ 10 a.m.–7 p.m.

Social events can be organised in the adjacent Ledebour Gardens under Prague Castle Founded in 1902, top café culture, summer terrace

❶–❺ 8 a.m.–11:30 p.m. ❺❻ 9 a.m.–11:30 p.m. ❶–❺ 10 a.m.–11 p.m. ❻❼ noon–11 p.m. (July and August noon–11 p.m.) ❶–❺ 8 a.m.–10:30 p.m. ❻❼ 9 a.m.–10:30 p.m. ❶–❺ 8 a.m.–midnight ❻❼ 9 a.m.–midnight Open daily ❶–❺ 9 a.m.–10 p.m. ❺❻ 10 a.m.–10 p.m. ❸–❻ 4 p.m.–7 p.m. live piano music

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Smoke-free café, high-quality coffee, artistic works on exhibit Founded in 1914, reopened in 2007, Art-deco style with cubist elements

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Brewery and restaurant, 13° Flek stout, Cabaret, Brewery museum Radegast beer, Pilsner Urquell 12° beer, black Gambrinus beer Brewery and restaurant

New Town Lager

Characteristic • Note Pilsner Urquell beer

Characteristic • Note Located in the Art-Nouveau Paris hotel, excellent desserts

Name Quarter • Street/Square Telephone • Fax Malostranská beseda 1 • Malostranské nám. 21 257 533 968 (Pilsner Urquell Original Restaurant) Novoměstský pivovar 1 • Vodičkova 20 222 232 448 • 222 231 662 www.npivovar.cz; e-mail: sales@npivovar.cz; tel.: 602 459 216 U Fleků 1 • Křemencova 11 224 934 019 • 224 934 805 U Kalicha 2 • Na Bojišti 12 296 189 600 • 224 912 557 U Medvídků 1 • Na Perštýně 7 224 211 916

Beer Halls • Pubs

For 100 years, Prague cafés have been places for pleasant encounters of friends artists, journalists, and students. Café de Paris, located in the Art-Nouveau Paris hotel, definitely lives up to its name – the original interior and decorations reflect the culture and refined taste of famous Parisian cafés since the beginning of the 1920s, while elements of modern design and free WIFI connection offer guests maximal comfort. Franz Kafka loved our excellent desserts. You can bet that we faithfully follow our tradition. For a century people have enjoyed the famous “Paris” cake in a unique atmosphere. The menu of our café is extensive, with excellent salads, snaks, delicious soups and sandwiches, and other treats tempting guests for a light lunch and/or dinner. It’s up to you whether you choose the Café de Paris for a friendly appointment over a cup of coffee, and/or a business meeting. In the bar located in the back part of the café, our bartenders prepare excellent cocktails for you. The selection is truly wide, and you don’t have to hurry – we don’t close until early morning. U Obecního domu 1 Prague 1 Tel.: +420 222 195 195 www. sarah-bernhardt.cz Open daily: 8 a.m.–2 a.m.

Café Imperial has always been a heavily frequented hot-spot ever since 1914 when the Imperial hotel was built. Prague doesn’t have many places like this. Nowhere else you can find such a unique interior in the Art Deco style with cubist elements, and top Art-Nouveau mosaics. The recent successful reconstruction (the *****hotel and café were reopened in 2007) even improved the firstrate quality of the café, and – at the same time – it succeeded in preserving the atmosphere, which is inseparable from the Grand Café style. Breakfast, dinner, afternoon cup of tea or coffee, night celebration with friends – everything will be taken care of to the slightest detail by the friendly staff. The menu presents the best of the Czech culinary art. The famous chef Zdeněk Pohlreich and his team are ready to fulfil all the wishes of all their guests. Café Imperial offers a unique chance to dine right in the kitchen and observe how your menu is prepared while you discuss the served wines with your sommelier. The Best Hotel Restaurant of the year 2009 (awarded by the Association of Hotels and Restaurants of the Czech Republic) Café Imperial is looking forward to your visit. Na Poříčí 15, Prague 1 Tel.: +420 246 011 440 cafe@hotel-imperial.cz www.cafeimperial.cz Open daily: 7 a.m.–11 p.m.

Some have vanished, but some still offer elegant interiors, comfort, morning newspapers, and – of course – good coffee. The Slavia Café is one of Prague’s legends. It is a centre of cultural and intellectual life. Its traditional atmosphere and unique interior – accented with the famous picture “Absinth Drinker” – invite you for a cup of hot and savoury espresso. Our pastry shop prepares daily home-made cakes, and we offer quiet breakfasts, business lunches, and/or romantic evening moments over a glass of wine with a view of the National Theatre, Prague Castle, and the river Vltava. Of our 320 seats, the one with the best view awaits you, and we’ll do our best to make the Slavia Cafe a special place for you, too. Live piano daily from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Café & Restaurant Slavia, a. s. Smetanovo nábřeží 1022/2, Prague 1 Tel.: +420 224 218 493 Fax: +420 224 216 244 E-mail: info@cafeslavia.cz www.cafeslavia.cz Open daily: Mon–Fri 8 a.m. to midnight Sat–Sun 9 a.m. to midnight

The Louvre café was founded in 1902. We are honoured to carry on the tradition of this establishment, which has been a top café culture and cultural life centre ever since its origin. We are proud to have experienced repeated visits by personalities of world-wide significance such as Franz Kafka, Karel Čapek, Albert Einstein, and many others. The café opens at 8 a.m. and offers a wide selection of breakfasts and newspapers. The restaurant serves traditional Czech cuisine, and light fare specialties. The non-smoking part of the restaurant, and several salons, seat parties of up to 15–20 guests. We maintain the tradition of “café sports” – thus you can borrow chess sets and play pool on one of five pool tables. On hot days you can enjoy a stay on an open-air summer terrace. Covering 400 sq m, our newly opened Louvre Photogallery displays the best works of leading Czech photographers. Café Louvre – your meeting point Národní 22, Prague 1 www.cafelouvre.cz Tel.: +420 224 930 949, +420 724 054 055 Open daily: Mon–Fri 8 a.m.–11:30 p.m. Sat and Sun 9 a.m.–11:30 p.m.

CZECHREPUBLIC DISCOVER ITS BEAUTIES

Terezín (93)

ary vy V 5) Karlo n (104– Regio Karlovy Vary Františkovy Lázně (106) Pilsen (9, 96–99)

Praha Karlštejn Castle (29, 91) Koněprusy Caves (92)

Kutná Hora (91, 94–95)

Litomyšl (89)

Třebíč (89) Telč (90) Brno (90, 100–102)

ONEDAYTRIPSFROMPRAGUE LITOMYŠL

TŘEBÍČ Třebíč is a picturesque town with rich history and a lot of valuable architectural monuments. The most remarkable have been included in the prestigious UNESCO World Heritage List – the St. Procopius Basilica and the Jewish Quarter with the Jewish Cemetery.

Litomyšl, a small town in Eastern-Bohemia, is going through a second renaissance. In recent years, twelve of the buildings on the hill of the château have been restored, and they are well worth a look. A visit to Litomyšl would not be complete without the complex of the château, included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Besides guided tours that include a unique theatre,you can see the château houses with the Municipal Picture Gallery, a permanent exhibition of sculptures by Olbram Zoubek and A Heart for Václav Havel, and the birth family apartement of composer Bedřich Smetana. Other places worth a visit are the Church of the Discovery of the Holy Cross, with a lookout tower and the exhibition Angels on the Hill, and the former Bishop’s Gymnasium, which today houses a successfully restored museum. To relax a little take a walk in the Monastery gardens and then full steam ahead to another places of interest.

The Basilica, built in the Romanesque style with some early Gothic features, is one of the treasures of medieval architecture. The most valuable part of the Basilica is the crypt. The Jewish Quarter is the only evidence of Jewish culture outside the territory of Israel included in the UNESCO list and it’s a unique complex of 123 buildings, among them the Front and Rear Synagogue, and the Seligmann Bauer’s House, with an exhibition of a typical Jewish household.

www.visittrebic.eu St. Procopius’ Basilica VI–IX.......................Mon–Fri .....................9 am–5 pm Sat, Sun ..................10 am–6 pm X–V ........................Mon–Thu...................9 am–5 pm Fri..............................9 am–3 pm Sat, Sun ..................10 am–5 pm

www.litomysl.cz

Jewish Quarter Open daily: I–VI, IX–XI .................................................9 am–5 pm VII–VIII ......................................................9 am–6 pm XII.............................................................9 am–4 pm

Château IV, X – weekends and holidays 10 am–4 pm Open (except Monday) V – 10 am–4 pm, VI, IX – 10 am–5 pm VII, VIII – 10 am–6 pm Municipal Picture Gallery V ............................Tue–Sun ....10 am–noon, 1–4 pm VI–IX.......................Tue–Sun ....10 am–noon, 1–5 pm

ONEDAYTRIPSFROMPRAGUE ARCHITECTURE IN BRNO

TELČ Telč is one of the most sought-after cultural destinations, where you can pleasantly spend your free time. You can visit historical landmarks and the Telč undergrounds, now open to the public, located below most of the houses on the Zacharias of Hradec square and part of the chateau complex. You can also visit festivals, concerts, exhibitions at the city gallery, or a historical festival organized every year, moderated by the historical personalities Zacharias of Hradec, and Katerina of Wallenstein.

Photo: Villa Tugendhat by David Židlický It is said that Brno is a living gallery of functionalist architecture, where not a single one of the important names of that era is missing. From Adlof Loose, who was born here, through Bohuslav Fuchs or Ernest Wiesner, to the German Ludwig Miese van der Rohe, the designer of the world famous Villa Tugendhat, a masterpiece of Functionalism from 1930, included in the UNESCO World Heritage list. The residential and utility rooms and the beautiful garden of this unique house, with its flowing space, are open to the public, and the villa offers a fantastic view to the city.

Together with the chateau, the city square constitutes a unique architectonic complex, included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1992.

Bookings required. www.tugendhat.eu

Part of the undergrounds and underground corridors oriented toward the square were opened to the public in September 2014. Visitors can peek in the Telč undergrounds in their “raw” condition that continues along the entire square. They can also enter the renovated rooms, where modern projection technology present the city of Telč and its surroundings, as well important points of the history of its development.

Other houses in Brno open to the public: Villa Jurkovič, Villa Stiassni and Villa Löw-Beerov. You can learn more about the city’s architecture with Brno’s Architectural Manual

www.bam.brno.cz

High tourist season opening hours of the undergrounds: June – September: .................Tue–Sun 10 am, 11 am, 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm During the off-season you can arrange a visit at the Information Center, nám. Zachariáše z Hradce 10 (the ground floor of the Town Hall) Tel.: +420 567 112 407–8 e-mail: info@telc.eu

www.telc.eu

Photo: Villa Jurkovič More information at www.GOtoBRNO.cz Arriving from Prague Car – 200 km on Motorway D1 Excellent train and bus connections (see p. 100–102)

ONEDAYTRIPSFROMPRAGUE KUTNÁ HORA

KARLŠTEJN CASTLE 267 18 Karlštejn Tel.: +420 311 681 617 e-mail: karlstejn@npu.cz

www.hradkarlstejn.cz

Kutná Hora was an ancient mining town at the end of the 13th century. In the 14th century it was the second most significant town after Prague. In Kutná Hora, there are plenty of precious Gothic constructions such as the Cathedral of St Barbora (1388 to 1565), one of the most beautiful Czech Gothic buildings, and the Church of St James (1340–1420). A direct witness to the mining glory of Kutná Hora is the late Gothic style Italian Court (Vlašský dvůr) where the famous Prague grosches were minted. (see p. 94–95)

Karlštejn Castle was mitt in the middle of the 14th century by Charles IV for the safe-keeping of the coronation jewels. In the 16th century, it was rebuilt in the Renaissance style and in the 19th century was renovated in the Pseudo-Gothic style. In the Chapel of the Holy Rood, where the treasury is kept, is a unique collection of Gothic paintings by Master Theodoric which were done in 1360.

www.kutnahora.cz St Barbora’s Cathedral – Open daily: I–II.........................................................10 am–4 pm III, XI, XII ................................................10 am–5 pm IV–X ........................................................9 am–6 pm Admission: 85 CZK

Open (except Monday): XII (2014) ..............................................10 am–3 pm (6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, 25–31/12) I+II (2015) .............................................10 am–3 pm (1–11/1; 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28/2) III .......................................................9:30 am–4 pm IV......................................9:30 am–5 pm (6/4 open) V ..................................................9:30 am–5:30 pm VI.......................................................9 am–5:30 pm VII, VIII .....................................9 am–6:30 pm (daily) IX....................................9 am–5:30 pm (28/9 open) X...................................................9:30 am–4:30 pm XI..........................................................10 am–3 pm (1–8, 14, 15, 17, 21, 22, 28, 29/11) XII .........................................................10 am–3 pm (5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, 26–31/12)

Italian Court – Open daily: XI–II.......................................................10 am–4 pm III, X.......................................................10 am–5 pm IV–IX .......................................................9 am–6 pm Admission: 85 CZK Direction from Prague: Kostelec nad Černými Lesy, 68 km from Prague. Take train from Masaryk railway station

Admission: guided tour (other than Czech) 330 CZK (booking necessary). Directions from Prague: R4 speedway – Černošice – Dobřichovice, 28 km south-west, by train from the Praha-Smíchov railway station

ONEDAYTRIPSFROMPRAGUE KOST CASTLE Podkost 1–8, 507 45 Mladějov Bohemian Paradise Region Tel.: +420 493 571 144 www.hrad-kost.cz www.kinsky-dal-borgo.cz

KONĚPRUSY CAVES

One of the most beautiful and best-preserved Gothic castles in Bohemia was built in the first half of the 14th century, and radically rebuilt in 1370. Part of the castle was rebuilt once again in the 16th century in the Renaissance style, and the entire castle was enlarged. The principal castle tower’s ground plan is trapezoidal, and that is why an observant person might be surprised to see all its four edges at once. Kost Castle is also remarkable for its location: it is one of just a few Czech castles it wasn’t built on the top of a hill, but rather at a meeting point of three valleys. During the Prussian-Austrian war, on the night of 28–29 June 1866, the castle was used for a military purpose for the last time, and proved its excellent defence value: the Austrian army successfully diverted two Prussian attacks. The castle has an interesting history, and has had many owners. Kost Castle is owned by the Kinsky family today. Open hours: April, October ........................9 a.m.–4 p.m. (closed on Mondays and Tuesdays) May, June, and September .....9 a.m.–5 p.m. (closed on Mondays) July, August ...........................9 a.m.–6 p.m. Admission: 120 CZK, guided tours in foreign languages an additional 80 CZK Taking pictures an additional 100 CZK Reservations for groups: +420 721 756 041 e-mail: kost@kinsky-dal-borgo.cz

The Koněprusy Caves are located near Prague, close to the famous Karlštejn castle, and constitute the most extensive cave complex in Bohemia. The length of all rooms totals 2,050 meters. The underground complex of corridors, domes and pits is situated on three levels. Only two levels are open to the public; the tour is 620 meters long. Visitors can admire a unique formation called the “Organ,” the largest underground room known as “Prošek Dome,” with a torso of a mighty “Mohyla” (Barrow) stalagmite, and the “Mint,” with remnants of a medieval secret money forging workshop. The most interesting speleothem decoration is known as the so-called “Koněprusy rose.” www.caves.cz Open hours: I–III+XII ...............................................closed IV–VI+IX ...................Mo–Su – 8 a.m.–4 p.m. VII–VIII......................Mo–Su – 8 a.m.–5 p.m. X.........................Mo–Su – 8:30 a.m.–3 p.m. XI................Mo–Fri – 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 2 p.m. .............................................Sa–Su – closed Reservation for groups, phone: +420 311 622 405 Admission: basic...............................................130 CZK seniors 65+.......................................90 CZK children 6–15, students ....................60 CZK chidren under 6.....................................free

Transportation directions from Prague: By car: R 10 speedway to Mladá Boleslav, Rte 16 to Jičín, at the Přepeř community exit (before Horní Bousov) head for Dobšín – Kost Castle (87 km) Bus: from the Černý Most bus terminal (end stop of metro B) to Sobotka, transfer to seasonal bus connection to Kost Castle

Direction from Prague: E 50 speedway direction Beroun Koněprusy: GPS: 49˚54‘58,1“N; 14˚04‘07,9“E 92

THETEREZÍNMEMORIAL Small Fortress and National Cemetery Ghetto Museum ● Former Magdeburg Barracks ● Prayer room from the time of the Terezín ghetto and replica of attic ● Russian and Jewish Cemeteries and Crematorium ● Soviet Soldier’s Cemetery ● Memorial Plaque at the former railway siding ● Place of Remembrance on the bank of the River Ohře ● Columbarium with part of the fortifications, Ceremonial Halls and Central Morgue ● Litoměřice concentration camp Crematorium ● ●

▲ National Cemetery at the Small Fortress

▲ Permanent exhibition of the Ghetto Museum

▲ Former Crematorium on the Jewish Cemetery

Open: daily 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. (XI–III), 9 a.m.–6 p.m. (IV–X) Closed: December 24–26, January 1 Group visits must be booked in advance Památník Terezín, CZ-411 55 Terezín Tel.: +420 416 782 225, 416 782 442, 416 782 131 Fax: +420 416 782 300, 416 782 245 E-mail: manager@pamatnik-terezin.cz, http://www.pamatnik-terezin.cz 93

St. Barbara’s Cathedral and Jesuit college

KUTNÁHORA – UNESCO family member for 20 years Kutná Hora is one of the most famous Czech towns. The riches from the silver mines made it the second most important city in Bohemia, after Prague; the town’s two Gothic cathedrals – the St. Barbara’s Cathedral, and the Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady and Saint John the Baptist in Sedlec – are the best proof of that. Both these extraordinary landmarks, along with the historical city center, were included in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List. In Kutná Hora you can also find the famous Ossuary, an underground chapel of the All Saints Church decorated solely with human bones. Do not

miss a visit to the former Royal Mint, and the seat of Bohemian kings in the Italian Court, and the Unveiling of the Mysterious Face of Kutná Hora Museum, where you can learn about the criminal history of the city. A visit to the unique medieval silver mine offers an unforgettable experience; for your underground trip you will get a special stylish outfit. Art lovers should not miss the 2nd largest gallery in the Czech Republic, the GASK Gallery situated next to the St. Barbara’s Cathedral in the Jesuit college. More info at:

www.kutnahora.cz, www.kh20unesco.cz

Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady in Sedlec

Kačina Chateau

Celebrate with us special anniversary of the silver city! 5 – 6 September 2015

11 – 12 September 2015 26 September 2015

European Heritage Days – EHD opens the gates of landmarks, buildings and rooms, including those with otherwise limited or no public access. Kutná Hora Organ Festival – Organ music festival that will take you to the most beautiful religious landmarks in the Silver City St. Wenceslas Festival – Popular funfest, folk, country and modern music, crafts fair, wine tasting

Invitation to the Kutná Hora region:

5, 6 & 26 – 28 September 17, 18 & 31 October Château Žleby – visit to the château with an animated kitchen 1 November 2015 19 September 2015 10 October 2015

and tastings

Château Zruč nad Sázavou – opening of a new exhibition (History of Boating in the Czech Republic, The Story of the river Sázava) Château Kačina – horse riding festival at the château

For families with children we recommend to visit the Alchemy Workshop Museum, and the LEGO Museum in the Sankturin House. Jesuit college, Gallery GASK

Organ Festival

Pilsen – European Capital of Culture 2015

PILSEN,OPENUP!

The West-Bohemian metropolis, Pilsen (Plzeň), is especially famous for the Pilsner Urquell brewery. Each bottle bears the emblem of the city that reminds us of its famous history. Whenever you open a bottle of Pilsner Lager, you can think of Pilsen both as the city of beer and the European Capital of Culture 2015, a city of rich history, full of landmarks, and – above all – the European Capital of Culture 2015.

In the picturesque city center, you can visit: • the St. Bartholomew Cathedral, with its famous Madonna of Pilsen; • the Brewing Museum, with a labyrinth of underground corridors; • the West-Bohemian Museum, with archaeological, ethnographic, and artistic collections; • the Grand and Old Synagogues; • apartment interiors by the world-famous architect Adolf Loos; • the Pilsner Urquell Brewery.

Families with children are welcome at: • the puppet Museum, Museum of Spooks, and the House of Fairy Tales • the Pilsen Zoo and the Dino-Park • the Techmania Science Center and the 3D Planetarium The program of the project Pilsen – European Capital of Culture 2015 hosts more than 600 events of visual arts, theatre, music, architecture and dance. The recently repurposed industrial space DEPO 2015, near the center of town, presents not only unique exhibitions, but also concerts and workshops with artists from all over the world.

5 events until the end of 2015 that you can’t miss: 9 – 17 September 2015 Thatre International Festival – a prestigious theatre festival 3 October 2015 Pilsner Fest – the celebration of the beer that became a Czech legend 6 October – 20 November 2015 Jazz without frontiers – the world’s best jazz in Pilsen 28 October 2015 – 20 March 2016 Baroque art in Pilsen and West Bohemia – an exhibition in the Gallery of West-Bohemia culminates a year dedicated to the Baroque in the Pilsen Region From 29 November 2015 Advent in Pilsen – enjoy the magical atmosphere of Christmas and New Year’s Eve

You can find more information about the project Pilsen – European Capital of Culture 2015 at the following pages. The program for your visit to Pilsen can be tailored for you by: Pilsen-TOURISM Tourist information centre nám. Republiky 41, 301 00 Pilsen Tel.: +420 378 035 330, +420 725 825 564 e-mail: info@visitpilsen.eu

PILSEN EuropeanCapitalofCulture2015 Selected events from the program DEPO 2015 – three exhibitions held in a refurbished industrial hall as part of the Factories of the Imagination project: Restart – sculptures made from discarded steel tanks; Domus – the works of dozens of contemporary Czech and foreign designers; Pilsen’s Family Album – a collection of family photographs donated by the citizens of Pilsen. Depo 2015, through the end of 2015 LADISLAV SUTNAR – a world-class designer in Pilsen – a permanent exhibition of the works of designer, typographer, avantgarde artist and Pilsen native Ladislav Sutnar (* 1897 in Pilsen, † 1976 in New York). It presents his works in glass, porcelain, metal, textiles, furniture, book covers, and visual communication and design from his American period. The exhibition is part of the project The Return of Ladislav Sutnar, included in the program of Pilsen – European Capital of Culture 2015. Museum of West-Bohemia in Pilsen HOMAGE TO SUTNAR – exhibition of posters created by the students of four European art universities during a workshop at the Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Art and Design at the University of West-Bohemia. The theme: a link of Ladislav Sutnar and the cultural values of today’s Europe. Part of the project The Return of Ladislav Sutnar September – November, 2015, Prague, Departure Hall of Airport Václav Havel THEATRE – international festival – 22nd edition – a regular gathering of theatre artists from Europe and beyond. More than 150 companies from twenty countries have performed so far at this festival. The festival will provide interpreting (subtitles) to English. Pilsen 1/9 – 30/9/2015 JAPAN FEST 2015 – Festival of Japanese culture – will offer a dialogue between the Japanese and the European cultures. Thirty projects will present

films, theatre performances, photo exhibitions and traditional Japanese arts like calligraphy, bonsai and shogi. Museums, theatres, galleries and other exhibition facilities in Pilsen, till 27 November, 2015 SEASON OF THE NEW CIRCUS – the most interesting New Circus companies have been invited to Pilsen. In autumn, in indoor and outdoor facilities throughout the city, you will see: Akoreacro – four French acrobats and four musicians bring to Pilsen Klaxon, a New Circus performance where the audience can also influence its final form. Klaxon is a show with very fast and lively acrobatics. 10, 11, 13–15 November, 2015 Cirk Aïtal – the French-Finnish duo of acrobats – Victor Cathala and Kati Pikkarainen 24 September – 1 October, 2015 DaeMan – Losers – daring acrobatic numbers with live music – 21 October, 2015 Cirk La Putyka: Family – the première of a performance by Czech actors, acrobats and dancers of several generations.

Spectators can try some of the acrobatic moves themselves. 3 December, 2015 NAZARETH – a concert of this Scottish Rock legend. Nazareth comes to Pilsen with frontman Carl Sentance, on of the best voices in Rock today, and Don Airey on keyboards. 15–18 October 2015 FIVE RIVERS – five young composers from Pilsen, each inspired by one of the five rivers in the region, have composed five symphonic poems that will be performed as one opus by an orchestra of students of music schools from five European cities of culture (Košice, Riga, Mons and Wroclaw), including the host, Pilsen. The concerts will take place in Pilsen, at the Great Synagogue and at the Světce Riding Hall, in Tachov. Both buildings are the second largest of their kind in Europe. Pilsen, Great Synagogue; Tachov, Světce Riding Hall DEEP PURPLE – the famous hard-rock band, Deep Purple, who has sold more than a hundred million albums, comes to Pilsen. 28 October, 2015 PEOPLE – exhibition of photographs by Ladislav Sitenský, an artistic, documentary and journalistic photographer who took part in the Battle of Britain and the Siege of Dunkirk

and LIBERATION 1945 – an exhibition of photographies from the extensive collection of Pilsner photographer Vladislav Vítka, concerning the liberation of Pilsen. Pilsen, Great Synagogue (open daily 10–18, except Saturdays and Jewish holidays) Through 31 October, 2015 JAZZ WITHOUT FRONTIERS – 10th edition of this international jazz festival presenting the best interpreters from all over the world. This year, the festival presents for the first time an international show of students’ big bands. Pilsen 1 October – 30 November, 2015 INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF DRAWING PILSEN 2015 – an exhibition of works selected by an interesting professional jury on the occasion of the tenth edition of the biennial. Visitors will see 120 drawings from 60 authors. Pilsen City Gallery and Jiří Trnka Gallery 15 October – 29 November, 2015 THE ARTIST AND TOTALITARIANISM – a musical-literary-film project of the Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra and the Czech Nonet from the works of composers working under the extreme conditions of prisons and the Terezín Ghetto, with texts by Václav Havel. Pilsen, 17 November, 2015 BALL OF EUROPE – A social event to cap a significant year, 2015. The hosts of the ball will include leading representatives of the City and the Region of Pilsen, ambassadors of European countries and important entrepreneurs. Pilsen, all halls of the Municipal Meeting House, 21 November, 2015 ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS at the Pilsen Cathedral – half hour advent songs, concerts, musical productions, the passing of the Light of Bethlehem, live Nativity Scene, Midnight Masses and Christmas concerts. Pilsen, St. Bartholomew Cathedral 1 – 31 December

Photo: www.plzen2015.cz (photogallery)

www.plzen2015.cz

EXPERIENCEBRNO the Moravian Capital

Brno, the heart of South Moravia and the second largest city in the Czech Republic, will enchant you with its cosmopolitan atmosphere, historical sites and new attractions that will sure entertain the whole family. You will be welcome at museums, galleries, Špilberk Castle, and the Observatory with Planetarium. Curious children, and their parents, will have a lot of fun at the VIDA! science park. Lovers of secrets can discover the unique subterranean kingdom of the Labyrinth below Zelný Trh or the Cellar of the Mintmaster, and the Ossuary below St. James’s Church, the second largest in Europe, after Paris. There are dozens of architecturally valuable mansions and family houses in Brno, and some of them are open to the public. Besides the world famous Villa Tugendhat, a functionalist gem included in the

UNESCO World Heritage Site list, there are other houses worth visiting: Villa Jurkovič, a masterpiece of the Art Nouveau, from 1906; the newly renovated Villa Stiassni, and Villa Löw-Beer. After a nice walk, you can relax and refresh yourself at one of the many cosy cafés in the city. Brno is a town of students and it lives on after dark. Night life lovers have a wide choice of clubs, bars and friendly pubs. Throughout the year, there are a lot of cultural events and festivals held in Brno, where you can buy traditional crafts, taste excellent wines and beers, and have a peek at South Moravian cuisine.

PRAGUE

Brno is an inspiring city where great personalities lived and created, like composer Leoš Janáček or the Abbot of the Augustinian Monastery, Gregor Johann Mendel, who 150 years ago laid the foundations of one of the keys of modern natural sciences, genetics.

Brno City Tourist Infomation Centre Radnická 8 Tel.: +420 542 427 150 e-mail: info@ticbrno.cz

Come and experience the unique atmosphere of Brno, a city that will win you over!

www.GOtoBRNO.cz

Photo: M. Schmerková, D. Židlický, M. Jenčo, Observatory and Planetarium Brno

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CalendarofEventsinBrno–Autumn/Winter2015 25 – 27 September 2015 ŠPILBERK’S VINTAGE FESTIVAL 2nd edition of this festival with Moravian burčák (fresh, young wine) and wines, folk customs and grape treading competitions at Špilberk Castle. www.burcakomanie.cz

3 – 16 October 2015 MORAVIAN AUTUMN 48th edition of a music festival that presents the Czech Philharmonic, conducted by Jiří Bělohlávek, Filharmonie Brno with the phenomenal Collin Currie, considered one of the best and most daring percussionist in the world. Other international stars performing at the festival include the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and Lithuanian composer Justė Janulytė. www.mhf-brno.cz

14 – 17 October 2015 BRNO’S SIXTEEN 56th edition of this international festival of short films, one of the oldest international festivals in the country. Its name actually comes from the 16 mm film format. The festival takes place at Kino Art, Cihlářská street 19, Brno. www.brno16.cz

17 – 21 October 2015 BRNO THEATRE WORLD 6th edition of this international theatre festival, with a new schedule and titled “A Festival of Progressive Theatre”. It offers exceptional productions of leading domestic and international theatres. www.divadelnisvet.cz

5 – 6 December 2015 A CLOSE-UP OF WINES BEFORE CHRISTMAS Moravian wine festival in Brno Leading wine makers of nearby wine towns will show the best of Moravian wine at selected restaurants, wine bars and historical cellars in Brno. www.vinozblizka.cz

27 November – 28 December 2015 CHRISTMAS IN BRNO Christmas in Brno 2015 will officially start on 27/11/2015 with the lighting of the Christmas tree in the central square Svobody. A magical wooden village will grow in the centre of town, where visitors can buy quality crafts, traditional nativity scenes and ceramics, bringing joy to their loved ones with valuable and original Christmas presents. The offer includes stands with refreshments with flowing aromas of traditional Christmas biscuits, regional specialities and warm spiced drinks. www.brnenskevanoce.cz More at: www.GOtoBRNO.cz

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MORAVIAN AUTUMN The 48th edition of the international music festival

3 – 16/10/2015 The theme of this year’s festival is multimedia. The selection of programs and performers focuses on the search for connections between music, film, light design, theatre action, and sung and recited text. The highlights of the festival are for example the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the Smelio laikrodžiai (Hourglass, 2010) composition, a concert and audio-visual installation, a monumental climax of the latest work by Lithuanian composer Justé Janulyté. Erkki-Sven Tüür, the Estonian who adopted the role of the resident composer of the festival, will be present during the performances of several of his compositions. The Armida Quartett ensemble from Berlin will present his Lost Prayers String Quartet No. 2. A new version of his famous composition Conversio, created on commission by the festival organizers, will be premiered as a double-recital for solo violin and drums. His imposing Symphony No. 4 “Magma” for drums and orchestra will be performed at the closing concert by the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra and the phenomenal drummer Colin Currie, considered one of the best and most daring drum players in the world. You can also look forward to a projection of his opera Wallenberg. From the works by the Dutch composer Michel van der Aa, the audience can enjoy the audio-visual violoncello concert UpClose, winner of the Grawemeyer Award in 2013. But the program also includes classical compositions. The Czech Philharmonic, celebrating its 120th season in Brno, and conducted by Jiří Bělohlávek, will present works by the giants of Czech music – Leoš Janáček, Antonín Dvořák, and Josef Suk. The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra with its conductor Cristian Măcelaru, and pianist Simon Trpčeski ranked among the world's best, will present compositions by Rachmaninov, Rimski-Korsakov, and Sibelius. More info about the festival at: http://mhf-brno.cz/moravsky-podzim/en

THEKARLOVYVARYREGION known and unknovn We believe that a lot of people abroad know where the Karlovy Vary Region is, as well as its spa towns Karlovy Vary, Mariánské Lázně, Františkovy Lázně, Jáchymov and Kynžvart, and that they have visited many of this world renown therapeutic spas and are convinced that the combination of natural medicinal sources (thermal waters, mineral water, therapeutic gases and mud) with modern technology and the latest scientific findings can heal the body and the soul. Most visitors have surely been to some of our beautiful castles and châteaux – Loket, Kynžvart, Bečov, Chyše, Cheb, Vildštejn, Seeberg… and will also know our museums, theatres, colonnades, galleries and concert halls. Now they can reminisce about their stay in our region, and know more about it, at the tourist information web page of the Karlovy Vary Region http://www.zivykraj.cz/en/discover Those who would like to get treated in any of the spa centres of the Karlovy Vary Region can find all the necessary information at: http://www.zivykraj.cz/en/spa-wellness This year, we have prepared a lot of news for visitors to our region: The House of Butterflies, with exotic butterflies from all over the world – around 300 of them flying over more than 100 m2. Its gift-shop offers butterfly-themed souvenirs and the house itself can host wedding ceremonies. Next to it is the romantic observation tower Diana with a gorgeous view to Karlovy Vary.

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It can be reached either by funicular or walking the paths of the spa forests. At its feet is a stylish restaurant built in 1914. Our offer also commemorates the region’s mining past: – The Mauritius Mine, the biggest tin mine on the Czech side of the Ore Mountains, is only a few kilometres from Jáchymov. It was exploited between 1545 and 1944, and now, this Cultural Heritage Site is part of the Czech-German project Montanregion – Mining-cultural region in the Ore Mountains, which aims to be included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. – The renovated Ostrov Château (located between Karlovy Vary and Jáchymov) has an exhibition of objects made of tin and silver, the metals of the Ore Mountains after centuries of mining. In winter, when some of the landmarks are closed, the ski centres of the Ore Mountains welcome their visitors: Boží Dar, the modernised Klínovec Ski Centre and the brand new facilities in Plešivce.

Courtesy of: www.kvpoint.cz

We look forward to your visit and we will have something new for you, something that will make your relax or therapeutic stay in the Karlovy Vary Region a better one. You can find more information and contacts to spas, hotels, castles, châteaux, museums, galleries and ski centres at www.livingland.eu

The Karlovy Vary Region is an excellent tourist destination. It presents itself under the Living Land slogan, which reflects both the attractiveness of the region and the first-class spa care.

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